Reviews of TJ Vargo's novels include "a character-driven tour-de-force," (Blood of the Muse), "characters so vivid they could be your next door neighbor," (The Book Zombie), and "characters as real as anyone you'll meet on the street," (Author, Brandon Massey). He has won a silver medal in ForeWord Magazine's 2008 Book of the Year awards and studied creative writing in the Northeast Ohio MFA (NEOMFA) program at The University of Akron. He is currently working on a crime trilogy set in the fictional town of Tombs, Ohio. Find out more about Vargo at http://www.tjvargo.com