During a thirty-six-year military career, Tom Phillips led an isolated unit through a terrorist episode, ran a think tank for the Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command, served as Director of the Air Force Military Personnel Readiness Center during Operation Desert Storm, and led troops into Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. After his military service, he worked as a university administrator before beginning a writing career that includes several books on military history and one on the sport of baseball. He writes short stories and poetry when the time is right.
The YouTube Candidate is a political thriller set in the divisive atmosphere of the present day. When Matt Anderson stands behind the family's kitchen table and makes a speech a president might deliver to the American people, his intention is to help his daughter with her class project.
