Christopher Thomas

My father was born in 1919 and grew during the Depression. He had to quit school at the age of twelve and go to work in his uncle's garage. He wasn't an educated man, but he had an imagination. When I was a kid, he created this character named Archibald Popscaluski who took bad little boys to the little factory to trade them in for a new model. My dad created a whole world where all of this took place. My first book, The Hollow is dedicated to my father without whom I would have no imagination. I really started writing stories in high school and kept at it while raising my family and working. Today I have published three books so far and plan on publishing several more.

My latest book is called, Missing. It is based off of a real story from the Houston, TX area where a young girl got off the school bus one day and was never seen again. I have my private detective, Bruce Westman take up the case to search for a girl who went missing 16 years ago. He is hired by the girl's mother who is dying of cancer and wants him to find her daughter before she dies. As a retired police officer this actual case touched my heart in a way other crimes and disappearances didn't. Even the Houston girl has never been found I do allow this story to have a happy ending.

My dad is the reason I write. He wasn't a writer by trade, he fixed cars. My father learned to be a mechanic in my Uncle Tony's garage in Hartford, Connecticut during the depression. He went on to fight in World War Two. Once he returned home, he met and married my mother and started a family. At night he told me stories about the little boy factory and Archibald Popscaluski. He made Archibald up and factories and as I grew up, his stories always stayed with me. My dad was a master storyteller and that's what inspired me to write.

The latest book in the Bruce Westman series is called Missing. This is loosely based off of a case in Houston, Texas. A 15-year-old girl stepped off her school bus and was never seen again. As a retired police officer, this story touched my heart so much that I wrote and dedicated a story to her. My private investigator, Bruce Westman, is hired by a mother whose daughter has been missing for 16 years. She hires Bruce because she is dying of cancer and wishes to see her child before she dies.