About Tom Mach
"Writing a novel is the ultimate trip,” Tom Mach says, “especially when I get so
involved with a character I feel as if I’ve lived in her skin.” Tom won the J. Donald
Coffin Memorial Book Award for Sissy!, two other awards for his second novel, All Parts
Together, and an Editor’s Choice Award from the International Library of Poetry after
writing The Uni Verse. Prior to writing books, he wrote hundreds of articles for such
publications as Writer’s Digest, Woman’s Day, Jack & Jill, and many others—as well as a
short story that appeared in Stamp World.
A former editor of South Bay Accent magazine in California and Software Supermarket
in Ohio, Tom is active in the Kansas Authors Club and was past president of two
branches of the California Writers Club. In addition, he taught advertising copywriting
at San Jose State University and is a requested speaker for organizations such as
schools, churches, libraries, and fraternal clubs. He was also a paid presenter for a
workshop on writing historical fiction at the East of Eden Writers Conference and gave
a writing workshop on fiction writing for Kansas University's Adult Education
Department. He is working on his latest novel. His poetry is found in anthologies and
published in newspapers. He has two adult children, Mark and Michelle, and lives with
his wife Virginia in Lawrence, Kansas.
For more current information please
blog Tom Mach.
involved with a character I feel as if I’ve lived in her skin.” Tom won the J. Donald
Coffin Memorial Book Award for Sissy!, two other awards for his second novel, All Parts
Together, and an Editor’s Choice Award from the International Library of Poetry after
writing The Uni Verse. Prior to writing books, he wrote hundreds of articles for such
publications as Writer’s Digest, Woman’s Day, Jack & Jill, and many others—as well as a
short story that appeared in Stamp World.
A former editor of South Bay Accent magazine in California and Software Supermarket
in Ohio, Tom is active in the Kansas Authors Club and was past president of two
branches of the California Writers Club. In addition, he taught advertising copywriting
at San Jose State University and is a requested speaker for organizations such as
schools, churches, libraries, and fraternal clubs. He was also a paid presenter for a
workshop on writing historical fiction at the East of Eden Writers Conference and gave
a writing workshop on fiction writing for Kansas University's Adult Education
Department. He is working on his latest novel. His poetry is found in anthologies and
published in newspapers. He has two adult children, Mark and Michelle, and lives with
his wife Virginia in Lawrence, Kansas.
For more current information please
blog Tom Mach.
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Sissy!
Jessica is about to
kill the wrong man
on a Civil War
battlefield and
later survives a
town massacre.
kill the wrong man
on a Civil War
battlefield and
later survives a
town massacre.
All Parts Together
Jessica, caught
between the love of
two men, is also
tormented when she
witnesses Lincoln's
assassination.
between the love of
two men, is also
tormented when she
witnesses Lincoln's
assassination.
Hi--My name is Tom Mach, a Kansas novelist and poet
Welcome to Tom Mach's Web Site
The Uni Verse
Experience the
mysteries of the
universe through
poems the way Walt
Whitman might have
written them.
mysteries of the
universe through
poems the way Walt
Whitman might have
written them.
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