I'm a baby boomer, born in Los Angeles. I've always been hooked on writing, especially science fiction. In the late '60s I joined the Army (there was a draft on, remember?) and fixed radars at an air defense missile site out on Sandy Hook, N.J. Later I majored in English at CSUN, paid for by the G.I Bill. (Thanks, Feds.) Since then I've published more than twenty stories in various SF magazines (Asimov's, F&SF, and others), plus four shared-world novels. (Search Amazon for out-of-print copies, if you feel you must.)HOT STATUS is my first thriller, and though it bears no resemblance to my several years on a Nike Hercules missile site, it is informed by the experience.In MAD MINUTE (the sequel) you'll be introduced to Jack Tilsen, a rather out-spoken character with a lot of opinions--and a blog of his own. You can read his "actual" blog at krakatoa-jack.blogspot.com.And speaking of blogs, you can visit mine at thomas-wylde.blogspot.com.Next up, the first in a series of middle-grade chapter books. It's called THE EXPLODING WIZARD'S RIGHT-HAND BOY, and takes place in an alternate Los Angeles in the mid 1950s. Read more about it on the details page for the book. (Click the Books tab.)And now some non-fiction, for a change -- a book about coding Kindle files called KINDLE CREATION FOR CONTROL FREAKS. Grab a free sample today.More recently, SALESMAN OF THE YEAR: a police procedural that takes place on the last day of the year, 1999. The central action is a competition between two very different cops with very different interrogation techniques. Check it out.My next-to-latest is the first book in a science-fiction project called BLACK BOX. It's about a replicator-based world about to transition to a teleporter world. The ruthless company behind all this is looking to hijack the economy of the Solar System. Millions of lives are on the line. And that's the good news.The most recent project is Book Two in the Trevor Blake Adventure series (see EXPLODING WIZARD book info, above). It's called THE SHRINE OF THE BREATHING BREATH. Check it out.