Wicked Puritans of Essex County
Tom Juergens became an ink-stained wretch in his formative years, taking a quick stab at creating a neighborhood newspaper. He started writing for real newspapers as a Boston University journalism intern, then spent several years as a staff reporter at various New England daily and weekly newspapers, including the now defunctBeverly Timesand theRegister on Cape Cod. He has also been published in theBoston Sunday GlobeandOffshore. Other jobs he's held include lineman, carpenter, cabinetmaker, real estate agent, real estate appraiser and paralegal. In between those noneditorial jobs, he has always returned to wordsmithing in one form or another, freelancing as a journalist, corporate writer, technical writer and technical book editor.