Tom Coffey’s first novel, THE SERPENT CLUB, was published in 1999 by Pocket Books and earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. His second novel, MIAMI TWILIGHT, came out two years later. In 2008 Toby Press printed BLOOD ALLEY, which also earned a starred review from PW. The independent Oak Tree Press published BRIGHT MORNING STAR in 2015. In 2023 Level Best Books published PUBLIC MORALS, the first novel in The Devine Trilogy, which is named after the family at its center. The series examines the arc of law enforcement in New York from the 1980s to the present.

Tom graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and attended film school at the University of Southern California. After a long career in journalism that included stints at The Miami Herald, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and New York Newsday, Tom recently retired from The New York Times. He lives in Lower Manhattan with his wife and daughter.