About the Author
Exciting new author, J. Thomas “Tom” Stovall, has written four thrilling novels.
Born in Winona, Mississippi, Tom was the youngest of three siblings. At the age of nine, his family moved out of the rural county of Montgomery to Ocala, Florida, where the weather was more favorable for Tom’s health.
At the age of fifteen, Tom discovered the world of photography where he turned an old outdoor shed into a makeshift darkroom.
Later, while still a teen, he went to work at Florida’s Silver Springs. While working as a photographer taking tourist photos on the glass bottom boat rides, he learned to SCUBA dive from members of their Public Relations Department. Soon after, Tom began working on underwater photographic projects in the Publicity Departments for Life Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Field & Stream, Esquire Magazine, and Sports Illustrated, and later in life owned his own photography studio.
Later, deciding to follow his older brother, Tom enlisted in the US Navy, went to submarine school, and became a radar operator.
After his release from the Navy, he settled in Miami, Florida, which gave him immediate access to the Forida Keys. For many years, it was an ideal location to enjoy his love of saltwater fishing, diving, and camping throughout the Keys and Florida Bay.
Upon retirement, Tom relocated to the mountains of North Carolina in the small town of Franklin, close to his sister, where he finally had the time to relax and write about the beautiful islands of the Florida Keys.
Tom’s articles were published in three newspapers. In one article, he chronicled a round-trip flight that he and a friend made in a single-engine Cessna 182 from Franklin, North Carolina to the Arctic Circle, and the Northern most point in the United States, Barrow Alaska.
After having the story of his trip to the Arctic Circle published, Tom realized that he had more stories to tell and decided to share his experiences and his wonderful imagination through his books.
Several years later, the cold weather forced him south. He currently lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida with his lovely wife, Diane.
Tom has two children, Jennifer and Michael, who live in Miami with their families.
Exciting new author, J. Thomas “Tom” Stovall, has written three thrilling novels. The Cuban Sanction, a story of close friendship, drug smuggling, deceit, murder, and an international conspiracy that takes the reader on a dangerous adventure from South Miami through the Florida Keys to South American and Cuba. It is available on Amazon.com.
Miracle at Indian Key, a novel for all ages and first in a trilogy, introduces us to best friends, CJ Jansen and Skye Somers, who spend their vacations together fishing and boating in the Florida Keys. Fifteen year old Skye discovers that she can communicate with a pelican named Flapper and a dolphin named Squeaky, both who become great friends of the teens. An exploding boat, a murder conspiracy, a body in a sunken hull, sharks and smugglers drive the two to discover the secrets around Islamorada. Finally, a swim across the channel to the tiny island of Indian Key could have cost the adventurous teenagers their lives, until they discovered that miracles do happen. This novel is currently available on Amazon.com, Create Space, Book Daily and Barnes and Noble.
Exciting new author, J. Thomas “Tom” Stovall, has written four thrilling novels.
Born in Winona, Mississippi, Tom was the youngest of three siblings. At the age of nine, his family moved out of the rural county of Montgomery to Ocala, Florida, where the weather was more favorable for Tom’s health.
At the age of fifteen, Tom discovered the world of photography where he turned an old outdoor shed into a makeshift darkroom.
Later, while still a teen, he went to work at Florida’s Silver Springs. While working as a photographer taking tourist photos on the glass bottom boat rides, he learned to SCUBA dive from members of their Public Relations Department. Soon after, Tom began working on underwater photographic projects in the Publicity Departments for Life Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Field & Stream, Esquire Magazine, and Sports Illustrated, and later in life owned his own photography studio.
Later, deciding to follow his older brother, Tom enlisted in the US Navy, went to submarine school, and became a radar operator.
After his release from the Navy, he settled in Miami, Florida, which gave him immediate access to the Forida Keys. For many years, it was an ideal location to enjoy his love of saltwater fishing, diving, and camping throughout the Keys and Florida Bay.
Upon retirement, Tom relocated to the mountains of North Carolina in the small town of Franklin, close to his sister, where he finally had the time to relax and write about the beautiful islands of the Florida Keys.
Tom’s articles were published in three newspapers. In one article, he chronicled a round-trip flight that he and a friend made in a single-engine Cessna 182 from Franklin, North Carolina to the Arctic Circle, and the Northern most point in the United States, Barrow Alaska.
After having the story of his trip to the Arctic Circle published, Tom realized that he had more stories to tell and decided to share his experiences and his wonderful imagination through his books.
Several years later, the cold weather forced him south. He currently lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida with his lovely wife, Diane.
Tom has two children, Jennifer and Michael, who live in Miami with their families.