Tom A. Wright was born and spent his early childhood in New Jersey. As a teen, he moved to Arizona with his parents and two siblings. He met his wife, Annette, in high school and dated though his first year of college. The two married and took turns working while the other finished college. Tom received his Manufacturing Graphics degree, then continued his education part time. Shortly after he and his wife had their son, Shawn, he began his first novel, Distant Ties. At the same time, he taught himself computer programming. By the time Shawn began school, Tom had finished Distant Ties, and started work on the sequel, Broken Ties. He also went back to school full time to get a degree in Computer Systems and Applications. By the time he finished two other novels, Terraforming Teardrop and Brutal Adaptation, he and his family moved to the beautiful Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. There he finished the novel Temporal Feedback. He is currently working on a book trilogy called The Mind Assassins Invasion.
Tom is an avid reader. Although he writes mostly science fiction, he reads many genres. He likes science fiction, adventure, mysteries and other books that ask the eternal question, what if? Outside of writing and reading, Tom enjoys watching a variety of movies and TV shows. He occasionally plays select video games that utilize player's creativity, and loves listening to an eclectic variety of music.