Bio
From a tour de force
through wealthy suburbia’s wholesome facades and sordid realities to
tanks and infantry, from mystery to military to making better fiction,
multiple award-winning author and
screenwriter T.A. (Todd) Stone has made his mark on the book world. His unique guide to
the discipline and creativity of writing NOVELIST’S BOOT CAMP—101
Ways to take your Fiction from Boring to Bestseller was published
by Writers Digest Books in April 2006 and was designated as one of the
"Top 10 books of 2006" by PopSyndicate.
Stone’s
most recent mystery NO PLACE LIKE HOME debuted to 4-star reviews.
He is also the author of the Digital Literature Institute Best of Fiction
Winner and INDIE Mystery Winner CLOSE TO HOME and the NY Times
Review of Books acclaimed military technothriller KRIEGSPIEL.
His second military thriller, THE BEST DEFENSE, has received
bestseller status and acclaim from around the globe.
Stone is also a contributor to the best-selling Electronic
Publishing, the Definitive Guide. His articles regularly appear in
nationally know writers’ magazines such as Writers Digest and on
writing websites across the Internet.
The Head Writer for the
interactive mystery website Crime Scene www.crimescene.com,
Stone is a member of the Author's Guild, Mystery Writers of America,
Romance Writers of America, the National Writers'
Union, the Crime Writers’ Guild, Sisters in Crime, and is a graduate of his local Citizens
Police Academy. He was a founding member of the Board of the
internationally renowned mystery/dark fiction conference Love is Murder.
Stone also consults on
corporate communications and presents at writers’ conferences
throughout the country.
An avid motorcyclist, Stone
is a former Army Airborne/Ranger
Infantry officer whose military assignments included duty as an Assistant
Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has his
undergraduate degree from Indiana University and his MA in English from
Northwestern University.
