Thomas A. Williams PhD is the author of 15 published, non-fiction and fiction (including two by university presses, Georgia and Alabama) and a dozen ebooks. He is a former professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Davidson College and East Carolina University. His freelance credits include Esquire magazine, Writer's Digest and other publications. He was editor and publisher of a weekly newspaper, the Mecklenburg Gazette (Davidson, NC), and several regional magazines (The New East magazine and Tar Heel: the Magazine of North Carolina among others). He is a book designer, editor and self-publishing consultant.