Thomas A. Cronin

A First-Time Author · Seeking Representation

A South Side stoop
to the Egyptian desert
to the page.

Thomas A. Cronin — Author, Memoirist, Coast Guard Veteran, Entrepreneur

Thomas A. Cronin was adopted into a Chicago family and homeless by seventeen. He worked his way to Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and then served in the United States Coast Guard — postings across several continents, including Egypt and Saipan — retiring with a Distinguished Service Medal. A second career in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance followed, along with bylines in CIO and BusinessWeek, and a consulting firm built and sold. The manuscript is finished. The next chapter is publication.

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Thomas A. Cronin

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The Works

One finished manuscript. One in development.

A memoir ready for representation, alongside a second title currently in development — indicating a pipeline, not a one-and-done.

Query-Ready · Complete Manuscript

Memoir · The Lead Title

Success,
In Spite of Myself.

Opens with the author riding horseback around the pyramids at sunset. Ends somewhere quieter. In between: a foster home on Chicago's South Side, a duffel bag at seventeen, a United States Coast Guard career including postings in Egypt and Saipan, a brief marriage into an Egyptian family, a hepatitis C diagnosis, a clinical-trial cure, single fatherhood, and a consulting firm built and sold.

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Second Title · In Development

Nonfiction · Second Title

A practical, wry guide to online dating for baby boomers & beyond.

A nonfiction handbook aimed squarely at a large, underserved, and highly engaged readership — older adults navigating apps that were not designed with them in mind. Written by an author with existing bylines in CIO and BusinessWeek, giving the pitch a track record of publication behind it.

Draft outline complete; sample chapters available on request.

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Early Praise

"Opens with horses at the pyramids and never quite lets you set the manuscript down. It reads like reporting from inside a life most of us only read about."

— Beta Reader · Full Manuscript

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For Literary Inquiries

Representation, press, and
interview requests.

For agents considering the manuscript, editors, journalists, or producers — write directly. Replies come from Tom.

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