Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1966, Thomas A. Gilly's family moved to Enfield, CT when he was four years old and he's lived there ever since. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Duquesne University, an associate's in computer science from Asnuntuck Community College, and a master's in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He's been writing software professionally for the last 20 years and enjoys it, but would rather write fiction. He is married to Patricia Gilly and has three grown step-sons; Nate, Craig, and Kyle. There's always at least one cat in the house or yard.