Steve Tom

Steve Tom grew up in northern Indiana, traveled around the world during a 20+ year Air Force career, and continued to travel during a 20 year career as a professional engineer. Much of this traveling was done in antique cars, though not the shiny classics you see in museums and car shows. His first car was a 1928 Ford, a rusted relic with fuel problems and a rotted top. For several years that was his only transportation, but when the realities of long distance driving made it clear he needed a more "modern" car he supplemented it with a $50 MGA he found decaying in someone's back yard. "Flaming Floorboards" tells the story of these and several other well-worn vehicles he drove regularly. When Steve was sixteen his great aunt gave him a copy of “War Letters of Kiffin Yates Rockwell,” a pioneering World War One pilot. This sparked a lifelong interest in that war and led to “First to Fight,” the story of Kiffin Rockwell published by Stackpole Books. Steve is a member of the League of World War One Aviation Historians. His short stories and other writings, including a photo supplement to "First to Fight," are available on his author web site at www.random-writings.com.