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Thomas Maltman

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Born
in Panama City, Florida, The United States
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Dostoevesky, Stephen King, John Gardner, JRR Tolkien

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July 2008

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I am the oldest of twenty-six cousins and the child of an Air Force pilot. Our family lived everywhere from Lubbock, Texas to Stuttgart Air Force Base in Germany. I learned to love travel and love the stories of these places, their history and lore. These loves would serve me well when it came time to write a novel.

I am married to a Lutheran pastor and live in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. I have three young daughters, who are the center of my life. I am fortunate to be teaching composition and creative writing at Normandale Community College.


News and Reviews of My Fourth Novel

My fourth novel, Ashes to Ashes, launched on July 15th! Here are some early reviews so far! 

“Thomas Maltman’s poignant Ashes to Ashes is far and away the best novel I’ve read this year. Compassionate and lyrically written, it’s a story about mysteries, those of the past and the present, as well as the eternal mysteries of the human heart. I fell in love with this book from the very first page. I g

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Published on July 18, 2025 17:16
Average rating: 3.69 · 3,815 ratings · 652 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
Little Wolves

3.57 avg rating — 2,445 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions
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The Night Birds

4.02 avg rating — 975 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
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The Land

3.42 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions
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Ashes to Ashes

3.79 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions
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Happy People Don't Live Here by Amber Sparks
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Rookery Blues by Jon Hassler
"Rookery Blues is a fantastic novel about drama among the faculty of a small college in northern Minnesota.

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“A good story defies the reader's expectations, and in doing so, brings them satisfaction.”
Thomas Maltman

“We all say we want The Truth, but we all want our secrets kept.”
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“In birth all things are kindred, the sounds we make universal to any species. We enter wailing of a lost world.”
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All Things Cease to Appear All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage Elizabeth Brundage
 
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The Poe Shadow The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl Matthew Pearl
 
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The Death Pit The Death Pit by Tony Strong Tony Strong
 
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“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
Albert Camus

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.”
Dylan Thomas, Fern Hill

“We are here to witness the creation and to abet it.”
Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

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Thomas Grace wrote: "Thanks for Night Birds. I loved the book very much. Looking forward to reading another book of yours. Keep writing, and I will keep reading!"

Dear Grace,
Thank you for your kind words about The Night Birds and for taking the time to write. Warm wishes,
Tom


message 2: by Grace

Grace Thanks for Night Birds. I loved the book very much. Looking forward to reading another book of yours. Keep writing, and I will keep reading!


message 1: by Laura (last edited Jul 15, 2008 07:25AM)

Laura Hi Thomas,

Thanks for the invitation to join you in Good Reads. I hope there are lots of people still finding your book, Night Birds, and enjoying it. I recommended it to one of our area book clubs and they'll be reading it in February. I also have someone with an advance order in for your NEXT book. Is there a title for it yet? He thought it was going to be titled Little Wolves. I am currently reading Red Mandarin Dress; the fifth book in a mystery series set in China and at the same time the marvelous and funny Heart in the Right Place. The upcoming book (January 2009) I'm most excited to recommend to my Bookin' It customers is Malla Nunn's A Beautiful Place to die.

Laura Hansen, Bookin' It Little Falls, MN
www.bookinitontheweb.com


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