Tom Austin

Tom Austin is a Utah-based writer with roots in Kansas and Colorado. He prides himself on the ability to base his stories in the realm of true historical events, characters that historically existed, and correct topography. Tom is also a career police officer with twenty-six years of experience. He has been a deputy sheriff and undersheriff in Kansas, and undercover narcotics officer in Colorado, a criminal investigator in Utah, and chief of police in three different Utah communities. He is...See more

Tom Austin is a Utah-based writer with roots in Kansas and Colorado. He prides himself on the ability to base his stories in the realm of true historical events, characters that historically existed, and correct topography. Tom is also a career police officer with twenty-six years of experience. He has been a deputy sheriff and undersheriff in Kansas, and undercover narcotics officer in Colorado, a criminal investigator in Utah, and chief of police in three different Utah communities. He is also a combat veteran, serving with the Third Marines in Vietnam. See less