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In his three novels -- The Corridor, Just One Word, and WILD: A New Normal -- Tom McGrath combines his passions for good science, good storytelling, and sustaining our increasingly fragile environment. The science embedded in his books is current and accurate.
Despite their serious themes, his tales are told with humor. His goals in writing: to entertain and to inform. His books provide opportunities for discussion in book groups and high school and college science classes. Questions are included at the end of each novel.
For 43 years, Tom was a professor of biology at SUNY Corning Community College, where he taught college biology, genetics, and field courses; developed creative approaches to teaching; directed the college’s honors program, and was the first professor in the State University of New York system to be awarded both the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activity.
Tom was also an active researcher. He developed and served as principal investigator for The Bahamian Reef Survey, which was sponsored by Earthwatch Institute and engaged more than 500 citizen scientists over more than a decade. He published numerous scientific papers on that research and delivered presentations at Oxford University (in the same hall where Darwin once lectured!), Harvard University, the American Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, the Norwalk Aquarium, and numerous other venues for a wide variety of audiences.
But Tom’s interests are broad, and two of his defining characteristics are his voracious curiosity and unstoppable humor. He is an avid reader, an inveterate punster, a sometime birdwatcher, and a keen photographer. In times past, he has been involved with more than 20 amateur theater productions as an actor, director, or producer; sung in a barbershop quartet; led nature hikes, and created the family vacation motto: “Maximize the experience!”
He now lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife Laura. They feel astonishingly lucky to live near their children and their charming and brilliant (of course) granddaughter, Marlo.
Tom is happy to speak (without charge) with classes and book groups. He can be reached at Tom.McGrath.stpete@gmail.com.
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