Tom Coffey is a writer and editor with an extensive background in journalism. A graduate of the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, Tom has been a reporter and editor for some of America’s leading newspapers. A staff editor at the New York Times since 1997, he has also worked for New York Newsday, the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and the Miami Herald.

His first novel, The Serpent Club, was published in 1999 to starred reviews. His second novel, Miami Twilight, was published in 2001. Tom has been a member of the Mystery Writers of America since 1999.

Tom lives in Lower Manhattan with his wife and daughter.