Thomas A. Burns Jr. writes the Natalie McMasters Mysteries from the small town of Wendell, North Carolina, where he lives with his wife and son, four cats, and a Cardigan Welsh Corgi. He was born and grew up in New Jersey and earned B.S. degrees in Zoology and Microbiology at Michigan State University and a M.S. in Microbiology at North Carolina State University. He’s written fiction as a hobby all of his life, beginning with The Man from U.N.C.L.E. stories in marble-backed copybooks in grade school. He went on to build a career as technical, science and medical writer, and editor for nearly 30 years in industry and government.
Currently a full-time novelist, he’s excited to publish his own mystery series, as well as writing stories about his second most favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes. Tom’s Holmes story, :The Camberwell Poisoner," appeared in the March–June issue of The Strand Magazine in 2021, and many of his other Holmes stories have been published by MX Books and Belanger Books. The sixth book in the Natalie McMasters Mysteries, Killers!, won the Silver Falchion award for best action/adventure book of 2021 at the Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference. Tom has also written a Lovecraftian horror novel, The Legacy of the Unborn, under the pen name of Silas K. Henderson—a sequel to H.P. Lovecraft’s masterpiece At the Mountains of Madness. His latest Natalie McMasters Mystery, Sister!, was chosen as a finalist for the Silver Falchion award in 2023. Tom also published his first volume of Sherlock Holmes stories, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Ten Steps from Baker Street, in March 2023.
Visit Tom's website at 3MDetectiveAgency.com.
Currently a full-time novelist, he’s excited to publish his own mystery series, as well as writing stories about his second most favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes. Tom’s Holmes story, :The Camberwell Poisoner," appeared in the March–June issue of The Strand Magazine in 2021, and many of his other Holmes stories have been published by MX Books and Belanger Books. The sixth book in the Natalie McMasters Mysteries, Killers!, won the Silver Falchion award for best action/adventure book of 2021 at the Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference. Tom has also written a Lovecraftian horror novel, The Legacy of the Unborn, under the pen name of Silas K. Henderson—a sequel to H.P. Lovecraft’s masterpiece At the Mountains of Madness. His latest Natalie McMasters Mystery, Sister!, was chosen as a finalist for the Silver Falchion award in 2023. Tom also published his first volume of Sherlock Holmes stories, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Ten Steps from Baker Street, in March 2023.
Visit Tom's website at 3MDetectiveAgency.com.