Born in Philadelphia, Thomas Murray is foremost a storyteller and has been writing all his life. He was a published member of the San Francisco Poet’s Union and winner of Bay Area poetry and short story awards. He currently lives in a palace in Portugal. Having lived on 5 continents for over 25 years and traveled to 88 countries, he has trained his mind to be sensitive to the wide range of nuances that make up the personalities of everyone he meets. Appreciating global cultures is fundamental to everything he writes. He includes many details about the places and characters to make the readers feel they are part of the story. He is currently writing his next novel, Only After Dark, to be published in the next 6 months. When he is not writing, he is travelling and learning foreign languages, currently Portuguese.