Thomas Hunt

Tom Hunt edits and publishes the journal, "Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement," the Writers of Wrongs (writersofwrongs.com) blog of crime historians and the American Mafia history site (mafiahistory.us). He moderates several online forums and has written/co-written articles for various publications. He authored 2016's "Wrongly Executed? The Long-forgotten Context of Charles Sberna's 1939 Electrocution." He partnered with Michael A. Tona in the two-volume 2013 historical biography, "DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime." He partnered with Martha Macheca Sheldon for "Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia," silver medalist in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards. He contributed a history of the U.S. Mafia for "Mafia: The Necessary Reference to Organized Crime," published by Millennium House in 2010. He has contributed research and editing to many other historical works. Born to an Italian-Irish family in the Bronx, NY, he attended Catholic schools in the Bronx and Danbury, CT. He earned his bachelor's degree in history and journalism from Charter Oak State College in CT. Longtime residents of New Milford, CT, he and his wife have lived in Whiting, VT, since 2012. They have three grown children.