Thomas N. Tabback

Thomas Tabback was born in North Carolina while his father was stationed with the Army at Fort Bragg. Later, his parents moved to Arizona where he grew up and discovered his passion for writing at an early age. When he was 12, he wrote his first short story and never put down the pen.

With his debut novel, Things Forgotten, Tabback ambitiously tells a story centered over 3200 years ago, the period of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan. It is a tale of the timeless struggle between good and evil, and the parallels between the lives of ancient peoples and those of us today. Together with his passion for ancient and biblical history, these are the themes which have shaped Tabback as a writer over the last two decades. His writing style is steeped in rich history and the essence of the human spirit, qualities that will surely linger with his readers.

In December 2008, Tabback also completed writing Joe The Plumber - Fighting for the American Dream. Tabback began his collaboration with Joe shortly after the third and final 2008 Presidential Debate. He witnessed, firsthand, the perpetual media blitz, the revelation of the Ohio State illegal violation of Joe's privacy, his meeting with Sarah Palin, and his ride aboard John McCain's Straight Talk Express. Together with his profoundly penetrating writing style and his eyewitness perspective, Tabback vividly captures today's Middle American struggle to realize the American Dream through Joe's personal hard lessons and spirit of perseverance.

Thomas and his wife of 13 years met and married while they worked a summer job at Universal Studios Hollywood. They now live in Austin, TX with their four children, where he writes amidst the beauty of the Hill Country. He is now writing the sequel to Things Forgotten, which he has already titled Rebellion. All he will say about it is that the journey has only just begun.