Tom Maddox

Lived in a number of places while growing up, including Virginia, Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico.

"He received an undergraduate degree at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, where he is currently the writing coordinator, and a Ph.D. in Literary Studies from American University, Washington, D.C.

"He has published short fiction and criticism in the science fiction field and wrote a monthly column titled 'Reports from the Electronic Frontier' for Locus magazine. His first novel, Halo , was published in 1991 by Tor Books in the United States and Century-Hutchinson in England; it has also been translated into German and Italian.

"His second novel, Walls of Lights , will be published by Tor Books.

"He is married to Mary Maddox.
He has a son, Leo Thomas, and a daughter, Molly.

"He has played blues and fingerstyle guitar for decades and has lately taken up the conga drum." --Tom Maddox (in a personal e-mail, 21 December 1995).

"Tom Maddox [was] an assistant professor of languages and literature at Virginia State University." --Bruce Sterling (in Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology , 1986).

"Tom Maddox is Writing Coordinator at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington He has published SF in Omni and other magazines and in various anthologies, including Mirrorshades . He has also published critical articles on William Gibson and John LeCarre." [publisher's bumpf in Storming the Reality Studio edited by Larry McCaffery, 1991]