Tom Coffey
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Writer, Editor, Journalist |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Introduction | Tom Coffey is a writer and editor with an extensive background in journalism. His first novel The Serpent Club was published in 1999 and earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. His second novel Miami Twilight was published in 2001. Tom has been a member of the Mystery Writers of America since 1999. 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. Tom lives in Lower Manhattan with his wife and daughter. |
| Interests | Sports, travel, movies, theater |
| Favorite movies | Casablanca, The Godfather, Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| Favorite music | Classical, Pop Standards and Rock n Roll (particularly bands like Squeeze and The Clash) |
| Favorite books | Just about everything by James Ellroy, Raymond Chandler, John le Carre and Graham Greene |