Thomas J. Walsh

THOMAS J. WALSH (T.J.) is a novelist, teacher, playwright and director. He is a Professor of Theatre History at Texas Christian University. He holds a Ph.D. in Theatre History and Criticism and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin. He is the Founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Shakespeare Festival. He is the recipient of four Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum awards for Outstanding Direction. His novel There Are No Stars Above New York City, a hard boiled detective thriller set in NYC in the 1980s, will be published in 2027. His book: Playwrights and Power: The Making of the Dramatists Guild is published by Smith & Kraus. His play The Thomas Paine Panther is published by Concord Theatricals. He lives in Grapevine, Texas.