Tomas Marcantonio was born in Brighton, England. He graduated from the University of Sussex with a BA in English Language and Film, and received his Master's degree in Creative Writing from Teesside University. Tomas has had short stories, flash fiction, and poetry published in over thirty magazines and journals in print and online. He has also placed in several competitions, including being longlisted in the 2017 Cambridge Short Story Prize. In 2017 Tomas also won The Telegraph's 'Just Back' travel writing competition for a piece on South Korea. In 2020, Tomas was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He is the author of three novels, two short story collections, and two travelogues. Tomas splits his time between the seaside cities of Brighton, England, and Busan, South Korea.