Tom Hunt partnered with Michael A. Tona in the two-volume 2013 historical biography, "DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime." Tom also is coauthor of "Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia," silver medalist in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards. He publishes the quarterly journal, "Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement," and websites related to organized crime, including the American Mafia history website (mafiahistory.us). In addition, he moderates a Yahoo discussion group on Mafia topics. He served as longtime editor of organized crime and crime publications categories for the Open Directory (dmoz.org). He has written and co-written articles for the On the Spot Journal. He contributed a history of the American Mafia for the Australian-published book, "Mafia: The Necessary Reference to Organized Crime."Tom was born to an Italian-Irish family in the Bronx, New York, and attended Catholic elementary and high schools in the Bronx and Danbury, Connecticut. He earned his Bachelor's degee in History and Journalism from Charter Oak State College in Connecticut. A longtime resident of New Milford, Connecticut, he currently resides in Whiting, Vermont, with his wife and their three children.