John W. Tuohy

I've written a biography called "No Time to Say Goodbye: Memoirs of a Life in Foster Care"....but anyway. I am a produced, award-winning playwright. I write non-fiction (True Crime, Organized Crime, Irish -American History as well as fiction. (Short stories) I was born in Waterbury Connecticut and raised (For the most part) in Ansonia Connecticut. I spent most of my professional career in Washington DC and now life in Shepherstown West Virginia. More information can be found at

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John William Tuohy is a writer who lives in Washington DC. He holds an MFA in writing from Lindenwood University.

He is the author of numerous non-fiction on the history of organized crime including the ground break biography of bootlegger Roger Tuohy "When Capone's Mob Murdered Touhy" and "Guns and Glamour: A History of Organized Crime in Chicago."

His non-fiction crime short stories have appeared in The New Criminologist, American Mafia and other publications. John won the City of Chicago's Celtic Playfest for his work The Hannigan's of Beverly, and his short story fiction work, Karma Finds Franny Glass, appeared in AdmitTwo Magazine in October of 2008.

His play, Cyberdate.Com, was chosen for a public performance at the Actors Chapel in Manhattan in February of 2007 as part of the groups Reading Series for New York project. In June of 2008, the play won the Virginia Theater of The First Amendment Award for best new play.