Dead Reckoning (42 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

              Tom Wright has a bachelor’s degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Washington and has been a professional meteorologist since 1995. He grew up on Vashon Island, WA and graduated from Vashon High School in 1987.

             
Since graduating from college, he’s lived and worked in Pennsylvania, Montana, Kansas, and Oregon where he currently lives with his wife and two children.

He also spent six years living and working as a contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, where the storyline of Dead Reckoning begins. In fact, the concept for Dead Reckoning was born over beers one evening at
Emon Beach on Kwajalein. Tom has been to most of the locations in Dead Reckoning, including Wake Island.

Tom spent three years as an Incident Meteorologist for the National Weather Service, predicting the weather for
firefighting efforts on wildfires. That job took him to amazing places like Yellowstone and Glacier National Park, Grand Canyon, and Gila National Forest. He has been interviewed for numerous national radio and television news programs and was featured in a three-part series on wildfire on The Weather Channel.

Tom is a life-long fan of Seattle sports teams—especially his beloved Seahawks—
and has coached youth sports through his life.

Dead Reckoning is the
product of Tom’s love for weather, writing, and apocalyptic literature. He blogs about science and weather at
WhoIsTomWright.com.