Tommy Zurhellen

Tommy Zurhellen is the author of The Low Road: Walking the Walk for Veterans (2021) which chronicles his walk across America during the summer of 2019. He is also the award-winning Messiah Trilogy of novels, which re-imagine the life of Christ set in rural North Dakota. The three books in the trilogy are Nazareth, North Dakota (2011), Apostle Islands (2012) and Armageddon, Texas (2014), all from Atticus Books.

Tommy's short fiction and essays have appeared widely in journals such as Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly, Slate (UK), Passages North, and elsewhere. He is also co-host of the popular writing podcast FICTION SCHOOL. He teaches writing in New York. For more on Tommy, check out his website at:

https://www.veteranzero.org/