Thomas J. Prestopnik

Thomas J. Prestopnik (pronounced press-TOP-nick) is the author of "Dream Trail", a backpacking adventure novel with a dash of mystery suitable for adults and older teens. Though not a backpacker himself, he was inspired by others who are and penned this story set, in part, on the Appalachian Trail. Before that, he wrote “Runaway Rocket to Planet 3G”, the fourth of twelve planned books in the Griffin Ghostley adventure series for 10 to 13 year old readers. The other books are "Search for the Silver Swamp Monster" (Book #1), "Prisoner of the Giant Boona Bird" (Book #2) and "The Snow Beast of Finnian Forest" (Book #3). His other works include "Missing Tweets no. 4", "The Question Lies on Varick Street" and "The Annual Glass Paperweight Migration", really fast reads that make up the 22-Minute Novel series. Each book contains 140 chapters, each no longer than 140 characters. He also wrote "Zero's Next-Door Neighbor: Imagining the Existence of the Smallest Number, the Largest Number, and the Superlative Number System", Prestopnik’s first, and very brief, piece of published non-fiction. In 2015, Prestopnik published "Nicholas Raven and the Wizards' Web", a 120 chapter epic fantasy for adults and older teens. He began planning and outlining this "Lord of the Rings" inspired novel in 1978 when he was fifteen, three years after first reading J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classic, and wrote the first draft between 1999 and 2013. Other publications include The Endora Trilogy, a fantasy-adventure series for pre-teens and adults comprised of "The Timedoor" (Book 1), "The Sword and the Crown" (Book 2) and "The Saving Light" (Book 3). The first book had originally been published as "The Visitors in Mrs. Halloway's Barn" before the story was expanded into a trilogy and retitled "The Timedoor". Prestopnik also wrote the children's adventure "Gabriel's Journey", a stand-alone novel enjoyed by both young and old alike, as well as the novella "A Christmas Castle" which is geared for adults and older teens. For more information, visit his Amazon author page or go to TomPresto.com (website) and Walking Writer (YouTube channel).