Hello and welcome!
I’m Tom Leveen, an award-winning novelist with books originally out with publishers like Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, as well as my own imprints. I’ve written for Spawn with Image Comics, and fiction for the BattleTech TTRPG under Topps, Inc.
I wrote a story about giant black widow spiders in second grade, and have been telling stories across genres, platforms, and formats ever since.
I made a horror movie at 13 on a beat-up VHS camera, and wrote a fantasy novel later that year, printed on a dot-matrix printer. I started a theatre company in my backyard that lasted for 13 seasons. As a kid I rode my bike to Thomas Mall to buy the newest Dark Forces or John Bellairs or Judy Blume novel with money earned by staying home alone (and not burning down the house).
Often my stories are about monsters (real or imagined), usually for kids (regardless of age), and with characters mostly on the fringes: actors, artists, musicians, punks, goths, skaters, astronomers…
My books are my Saturday morning couch fort, and everyone’s welcome.
Sign up now to enjoy my YA novel ZERO!
“If this book was not inside my iPad I would kiss it and love it and hug it all over.” ~ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
After missing her best opportunity to attend a prestigious art school, 17-year-old Salvador Dali devotee Zero begins dating Mike, a drummer in an up-and-coming punk band. As their tentative relationship blooms, Zero confronts a ton of baggage holding her back from her art career:
The majorly awkward drama with her former best friend, Jenn;
Her dad’s excessive drinking and parents’ ongoing fights;
And one formerly successful art teacher who might just hold the keys to her future…or smash Z’s hopes forever.
When Mike’s band gets a chance of lifetime to bust out of black hole that is Metro Phoenix, Zero must make a life-altering decision and answer the one question we all face at some point in our lives:
Follow your own heart, or the heart of the one you love?
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