T.K.Thorne's childhood passion for storytelling deepened when she became a police officer in Birmingham, Alabama. "It was a crash course in life and what motivated and mattered to people." When she retired as a captain, she took on Birmingham's business improvement district as the executive director. Both careers provide fodder for her writing.She speaks on life lessons--how she accidentally became a police officer, didn't end up in a space capsule, and tackled historical novels about unnamed women in two of the oldest and most famous stories on earth, as well as writing a book from the case investigators' perspective about solving the most infamous church bombing in Civil Rights history.Her writing has garnered several awards, including ForeWord Review Magazine's 2009 "Book of the Year" for Historical Fiction for her debut novel, Noah's Wife. The New York Post featured her non-fiction book, Last Chance for Justice, on their "Books You Should Be Reading" list. A short film from her screenplay "Six Blocks Wide" was a semi-finalist at the international "A Film for Peace Festival" in Italy.Her website is www.tkthorne.com, where you can read more about her books and sign up (on the "Contact" page) for a Newsletter with inside info on her research and adventures. She blogs at TKs-Tales.com and loves to hear from readers.