Author: Tom Kelly
Alternate names: Kelly, Tom; Tom Kelly; T. R. Kelly
Born: 8 Oct 1950
Bio: Before launching into fiction, Tom served The Seattle Times readers for 20 years, first as a sportswriter and later as real estate reporter, columnist, and editor. His weekly features appeared online and in a variety of newspapers including the Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, Louisville Courier-Journal, Tacoma News Tribune, and Spokane Spokesman-Review. 

His ground-breaking book How a Second Home Can Be Your Best Investment (McGraw-Hill, written with economist John Tuccillo) showed consumers and professionals how one additional piece of real estate could serve as an investment, recreation, and retirement property over time. His other books include Real Estate Boomers and Beyond, The New Reverse Mortgage Formula, Cashing In on a Second Home in Mexico, Cashing In on a Second Home in Central America, and Bargains Beyond the Border. 

Tom’s award-winning radio show “Real Estate Today” aired for 26 years on KIRO, the CBS affiliate in Seattle, and was syndicated in 40 domestic markets and to 450 stations in 160 foreign countries via Armed Forces Radio. Tom and his wife, Jodi have four children and live on Bainbridge Island, WA, where they back the runnin’, gunnin’ Bainbridge High Spartans when not wrestling with their grandsons. -Amazon