Tom Epperson is a native of Malvern, Arkansas. He received a B.A. in English from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and an M.A. in English from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, then headed west with his boyhood friend Billy Bob Thornton to 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.