Tom Driscoll

Fiction Writer

Winona, MN
Minnesota US
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Author's Bio

Tom Driscoll, the author of fiction and non-, a poet and a journalist, spent many years working in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning with Peace Corps, and later with USAID. He is an Army veteran, a graduate of University of Iowa, where he studied in the Playwrights Workshop. He is the Managing editor and CEO of Shipwreckt Books Publishing Company. Shipwreckt Books has issued 77 publications and its authors and poets have been award a gold medal for fiction and three silver medals for poetry, anthology, and cookbook from the Midwest Independant Publishers Assoociation. 

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Ondine & the Blue Troll (Rocket Science Press, 2013)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
William Carlos Williams, Charles Olsen, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Lauren Mukamal Camp, Cormac McCarthy, and Anne Muccino, Mara Adamitz Scrupe, Robert Love, James Armstrong, Ken McCullough, - among a host of others.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
French
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Last update: Jun 12, 2023