Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne is the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Course Called Ireland and A Course Called Scotland; Paper Tiger; and the novel A Gentleman's Game, named one of the best twenty-five sports books of all time by the Philadelphia Daily News and adapted into a motion picture starring Gary Sinise. He has written for Golf magazine, Sports Illustrated, the Golfer's Journal, and numerous other publications. He earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Notre Dame, where he won the William Mitchell Award for distinguished achievement. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters, and he is an associate professor of English at St. Joseph's University.