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Author Tom Cooke

Welcome

On this website I’ll be posting updates regarding the progress of my novels and keeping readers abreast of other developments, including what I’m currently reading and any thoughts I may have – be they literary or otherwise.

I finished my first novel recently (tentatively titled The Residual) and I’m currently seeking representation. Please subscribe to my email list for updates.

I’m currently working on my 2nd novel.

My First Novel

The Residual (working title) is a piece of semi-autobiographical fiction. It details the journey of a young, healthy US soldier as he is thrown into a state of severe physical disability – quadriplegia.

Protagonist Richie Wales incurs severe disorientation and drifts in and out of consciousness. Slowly he gains awareness of what has happened to him. Over time he struggles to process all that he has lost. When your identity seems to have been taken from you, what remains?

Ultimately Richie must find a new footing.

The novel is not currently available to the public as I seek representation by a literary agent.

What I'm currently reading:

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith and A Storm of Swords, which is the 3rd book in George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Yes, I was a huge fan of the show (Game of Thrones).

I have recently read:

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkataraman; a few stories in Don DeLillo’s The Angel Esmeralda, How Lucky by Will Leitch, and A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin