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Tom Young (novelist)
Tom Young (born 1962 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American novelist. He is known primarily as the author of the military thrillers ''The Mullah's Storm'', ''Silent Enemy'', ''The Renegades'', ''The Warriors'', and ''Sand and Fire''. Young served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with the West Virginia Air National Guard. Young's military experience inspired his debut novel, ''The Mullah's Storm'', which garnered positive reviews. ''The Mullah's Storm'', ''Silent Enemy'', and ''The Renegades'' received Gold Medal awards from the Military Writers Society of America. ''Silent Enemy'', ''The Renegades'', and ''The Warriors'' received starred reviews from ''Publishers Weekly''. Career Young began his writing career as a journalist. He received BA and MA degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he worked as a reporter and anchor at WDNC Radio in Durham, North Carolina. Young also worked as a writer, editor, and newsroom supervisor for the broadcast division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, List of United States cities by population, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak, oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
