The author worked as a cowboy, spent time in the Army, and toiled in the oil fields of Oklahoma before starting college. He's now a retired teacher with a background in creative writing, has been a...view moreThe author worked as a cowboy, spent time in the Army, and toiled in the oil fields of Oklahoma before starting college. He's now a retired teacher with a background in creative writing, has been a member of three different writing groups, and served as vice president of the Orange County Chapter of the California Writer's Club. (Jack London was one of the founding members!) Tom Dale has written three novels, "Goslin Two" is the first, plus over eighty short stories, some under pen names. He has also lectured on writing in general, most recently on poetry.
Trained as as an artist/ illustrator, Tom's interest in writing is relatively new. Asked to illustrate a pamphlet, he was side-tracked into editing truly bad composition, and one thing lead to another. Consequently, a stack of well received short stories has grown over the years.
A native of Oklahoma, Tom Dale now lives in Morro Bay, California with his harshest critic, his patient and caring wife Pati, and the baby of the family, their seven month old Bernese Mountain Dog, Annie. Tom spends his time writing, painting, sailing and walking to the dog park.view less