applied for a job as a newspaper artist and was mistakenly assigned to cover local government meetings. Fifteen years and countless town council meetings later, he is still writing instead of drawing, currently as a columnist for the Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Virginia. He began work on his first book while in middle school. Tom is married to author-illustrator Cece Bell. They live in Christiansburg, Virginia.
Presentation: Sunday, 12:15-01:15 pm, Youth Stage; Sign: Sunday, 1:30-2:00 pm, Signing Colonnade; Panel: Sunday, 2:00-3:30 pm, Room 29; Sign: Sunday, 3:30-4:00 pm, Signing Colonnade
