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Book Signing with Tom Glenn
Name: Book Signing with Tom GlennDate: July 9, 2016Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDTEvent Description:Tom Glenn, award winning author and speaker will give a short presentation on his life experiences as as an intelligence operative, a musician, a linguist (seven languages), a cryptologist, a government executive, a care-giver for the dying, a leadership coach, and, always, a writer at 1pm and will be signing his novels from 11am - 2pm.
Tom Glenn is an award-winning author and much sought after speaker. Tom has worked as an intelligence operative, a musician, a linguist (seven languages), a cryptologist, a government executive, a care-giver for the dying, a leadership coach, and, always, a writer. Many of his prize-winning short stories (sixteen in print) came from the better part of thirteen years he shuttled between the U.S. and Vietnam as an undercover NSA employee on covert signals intelligence assignments before being rescued under fire when Saigon fell. With a BA in Music, a masters in Government, and a doctorate in Public Administration and trained as a musician, actor, and public speaker, he toured the country lecturing on leadership and management, trained federal executives, and was the Dean of the Management Department at the National Cryptologic School. His writing is haunted by his five years
of work with AIDS patients, two years of helping the homeless, seven years of caring for the dying in the hospice system, and Post-Traumatic Stress Injury, a consequence of his time in Vietnam. These days he is also a reviewer for The Washington Independent Review of Books where he specializes in books on war and Vietnam. His Vietnam novel-in- stories, Friendly Casualties, his novel No-Accounts and his newest 2015 novel The Trion Syndrome will all be available at his book signing.
Tom Glenn will be signing Friendly Casualties, No Accounts and The Trion Syndrome from 11am until 2pm on Saturday, July 9th at The Palette & The Page. At 1pm Tom will be discussing his writing and how his varied life experiences have influenced his writing. Besides being a prolific writer of short stories and novels he is a book reviewer and was one of the sixteen vets featured on MPT Salutes Vietnam Veterans that took place this year.
Tom was able to appear on the show because his work in Vietnam was declassified last year. He is now able to speak publicly and write about his 13 years on and off of signal intelligence support army and Marine combat units in Vietnam and his escape under fire when Saigon fell.
