About Tom

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Tom Chorneau spent nearly 30 years in mainstream journalism, including more than a decade as an investigative reporter for the Associated Press and the San Francisco Chronicle. More recently, he was employed as a communications manager and editor for a Sacramento-based software company.

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He is the author of three works of fiction, including Victim Eleven, a thriller based on the real-life crimes committed by the Golden State Killer in California during the 1970s, published by Dart Frog Books in June 2021.

 

Over the course of his career, Chorneau has been interviewed numerous times on live radio and TV and has won more than a handful of statewide and regional journalism awards.

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Chorneau moved to Iowa for two years in support his research for Mrs. Cook and the Klan. He has, however, returned to his home in Northern California.