Tom Arnold has won multiple awards or his journalism endeavors. He holds a B.A in Journalism from the University of Tulsa and a Masters in Journalism from North Texas State University. He also holds a J.D. from Southern Methodist School of Law. While working from the Suburban News, a subsidiary of the Dallas Morning News, he won three Katie awards from the Dallas Press Club for editing the best suburbean newspaper in North Texas. He was previously the editor of a national trade magazine, The Bowling Proprietors Association of America. His articles have appeared in multiple newpapers and magazines through out Texas, where he lives with his wife, Dr. Ingrid Arnold