Tom Epperson is a native of Malvern, Arkansas. He received a B.A. in English from theUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock and an M.A. in English from the University ofArkansas at Fayetteville, then headed west with his boyhood friend Billy Bob Thorntonto pursue a career in show business. Epperson’s co-written the scripts for One False Move, A Family Thing, The Gift, and A Gun, a Car, a Blonde. His novel The Kind One was published by Five Star in February 2008. He’s presently living in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Stefani, three pampered cats, and a frisky dog.