Tom Vandel is a writer living in Portland, Oregon. He is author of six books. His latest is a novella and four stories titled "The Lost Carnival". He's also written a collection of poems ("Goodbye Yellowstone Road") and a book of short stories ("The Broken World"), both chosen as finalists in the High Plains Book Awards (2022, 2023). Prior to that he wrote "A Killer Story", a crime noir novel with memoir undertones. He has also collaborated with artist, Karen Wippich, on two art books - one on the pandemic, one on Uber driving.