Owen ThomasOwen Thomas is a life-long Alaskan now living much closer to the equator because life is too short for long winters. He has written seven books: The Lion Trees (an epic novel of family dysfunction, aspiration, conceit and redemption); Signs of Passin (a book of interconnected short stories and novellas); Mother Blues (a novel of music and mystery set in post-Hurricane Harvey Texas); Message in a Bullet: A Raymond Mackey Mystery (the first in a series of noir detective novels); The Russian Doll: A Raymond Mackey Mystery (the second book in that series); The Big Dream: A Raymond Mackey Mystery (the third book in that series); and This is the Dream, (a collection of stories and novellas that explore that perplexing liminal distance between who we are and what we want).Owen Thomas has won dozens of awards and nominations for his writing, including the American Writing Awards, the Amazon Kindle Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Book Award, the Book and Author Book of the Year, the Beverly Hills International Book Award, a multiple Finalist in the Book Excellence Awards, a multiple Finalist for the American Writing Awards, multiple Readers Views Reviewers' Choice Awards, a shortlist nomination for the Best Mystery Book of the Year by Forward INDIES Book of the Year Awards, an International Book Award in short fiction, an eLit Book Award, the Pacific Book Awards for Short Fiction, the Indie Reader Discovery Award, a 100 Most Notable Books of the Year Award by Shelf Unbound Magazine, and placements at the Great Southwest, Great Southeast, Great Midwest, Great Southern, Pacific Rim, New York, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Hollywood and Los Angeles Book Festivals.Owen lives and writes twelve hundred feet up the side of a volcano on an island in the middle of the deep blue Pacific. When he is not writing, Owen can be found recreating and taking photographs that he hopes do some minor justice to the beauty in the world he encounters every day. Some of these photos are posted on Owen's photo blog, 1000 Words per Frame, that can be found on the Owen Thomas Literary website. Read More Read Less
