Tom Coffey grew up on Staten Island, where he attended Catholic schools. His first novel, The Serpent Club, was published in 1999 by Pocket Books and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. His second novel, Miami Twilight, came out two years later. In 2008 Toby Press printed Blood Alley, which also earned a starred review from PW. In 2015 the independent Oak Tree Press published Bright Morning Star. Tom graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and attended film school at the University of Southern California. After a long career in journalism that included stints at The Miami Herald, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and New York Newsday, Tom retired in 2023 from The New York Times. That same year, he signed a deal with Level Best Books for The Devine Trilogy, which traces the arc of law enforcement in New York City from the 1980s to the present. The first book in the series, Public Morals, was published to wide acclaim. Tom lives in Lower Manhattan with his wife and daughter.
