ABOUT TOM RICHARDS With the publication of this novel, Tom Richards is considered to be an 'accomplished writer' of novels and screenplays. Including Feature Films and Films for Television, Unbaptized is his sixteenth novel or screenplay to be delivered to audiences across the world. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, Tom's father, Bill Richards, was a pilot for United Airlines. Due to his father's career, Tom has lived in many US states as well as a wide number of locations in Ireland, and has travelled extensively throughout Europe and the Indian sub-Continent. Currently, he lives in Eyeries, County Cork, Ireland with his puppy Bluebell and cat Sasha in a house overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. He has no plans to move again. "I've moved at least twenty-four times and I'm done moving. All I want to do now is write."Richards is currently working on a number of other novels and screenplays. He has also started his first stage play based on the Irish and Scottish folktale, the Selkie. He plans to finish a new novel provisionally entitled, Annie's Joy, as well as the stage play in a few months.Tom has had a diversified career which includes journalism, marketing, teaching, and has worked at a variety of jobs during his college years. He's the first to encourage new novelists to sit down and write and also provides free video tutorials for those working on their first novel and/or screenplay on TikTok. He can be found at @tomrichardsdolphin2021
