Welsh, T.K. 1956- [A pseudonym] (J. Gregory Sandom, J.G. Sandom)

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Welsh, T.K. 1956- [A pseudonym] (J. Gregory Sandom, J.G. Sandom)

Personal

Born December 19, 1956, in Chicago, IL; son of Zane Joseph (a financial services executive) and Else (a cosmetics industry manager) Sandom; married Julia Clare Pendleton Gallagher (an advertising executive), June 9, 1987; children: one daughter. Education: Amherst College, B.A. (English and philosophy), 1978.

Addresses

Home—Hopewell, NJ.

Career

Novelist, copywriter, and in public relations. Hill & Knowlton, Inc., New York, NY, account executive/public relations, 1978-79; Rowland Company, New York, NY, account executive/media consultant, 1979-80; Sandom Company, New York, NY, marketing consultant, 1980-86; Einstein & Sandom, Inc. (multi-media marketing and interactive advertising agency), chief executive officer and creative director, beginning 1986; freelance writer.

Awards, Honors

Academy of American Poets prize, 1978, for "The First Time"; Washington Post Top Ten Children's Book designation, and Cybils Literary Award nomination, both 2006, and Association of Jewish Libraries Notable Book for Teens designation, and American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults designation, both 2007, all for The Unresolved.

Writings

YOUNG-ADULT NOVELS

The Unresolved, Dutton (New York, NY), 2006.

Resurrection Men, Dutton (New York, NY), 2007.

ADULT NOVELS; UNDER NAME J.G. SANDOM

Gospel Truths, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1992.

The Hunting Club, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1993.

The Wave, Lulu.com, 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, March 15, 1992, Margaret Flanagan, review of Gospel Truths, p. 1342; May 15, 1993, Mary Frances Wilkens, review of The Hunting Club, p. 1677.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, October, 2006, Elizabeth Bush, review of The Unresolved, p. 100; May, 2007, Elizabeth Bush, review of Resurrection Men, p. 390.

Horn Book, July-August, 2006, Vicky Smith, review of The Unresolved, p. 453.

Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2006, review of The Unresolved, p. 798; March 1, 2007, review of Resurrection Men, p. 233.

Kliatt, March, 2007, Paula Rohrlick, review of Resurrection Men, p. 20.

Library Journal, January, 1992, Rex E. Klett, review of Gospel Truths, p. 181; June 15, 1993, Darryl Dean James, review of The Hunting Club, p. 98.

Publishers Weekly, January 20, 1992, review of Gospel Truths; June 7, 1993, review of The Hunting Club, p. 52; May 15, 2007, review of Resurrection Men, p. 56.

School Library Journal, September, 2006, Lisa Prolman, review of The Unresolved, p. 221.

Voice of Youth Advocates, April, 2007, Dotsy Harland, review of Resurrection Men, p. 58.