Tom Coffey grew up on Staten Island, where he attended Catholic schools. His first novel, The Serpent Club, was published in 1999 by Pocket Books and earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. His second  novel, Miami Twilight, came out two years later. In 2008, Toby Press printed Blood Alley, which also earned a starred review from PW. In 2015, the independent Oak Tree Press published Bright Morning Star.

In 2023 Tom signed a three-book deal with Level Best Books. Public Morals, which has gained four- and five-star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, is the first novel in The Devine Trilogy, which is named after the family at its center. The series examines the arc of law enforcement in New York from the 1980s to the present. The second book in the series, Special Victim, was published in 2024 and received strong reviews.

Tom graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and attended film school at the University of  Southern California. After a long career in journalism that included stints at The Miami Herald, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and New York Newsday, Tom retired from The New York Times in 2023. He lives in Lower Manhattan with his wife and daughter.

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