I've written twenty-eight books over the course of the last thirty-five years. The major influence has always been adventure. I grew up as an army brat, spent seven years in the U.S. Army, worked as, among other things, a yacht delivery captain, sailing instructor, and body guard. I currently own a company which supplies military vehicles, weapons systems and props to movies.

Friends Of American Writers Award 1986, Texas Bluebonnet Master List 1986, Silver award from Women In Fim & Television,1999

Most recent work is THE PIRATE HUNTER, a middle reader adventure novel from Eakin Press. It is my twenty-eighth book and my sixteenth with Eakin Press.

Tom Townsend
website encompasses my writing and my work in film & television as wellas our ranching operation in East Texas