Thomas Kelly

Thomas Kelly was born and raised in New Jersey. He worked in a wide variety of construction jobs as a teenager, and was a sandhog while attending Fordham University. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in political economy, he went on to earn a Master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University.

Since the early 1980s, Kelly has been active in local and national politics through labor unions. He worked as a political operative for the Teamsters Union, as a New York State special events planner for the Clinton campaign, as Director of Advance for the David Dinkins campaign, and as Political Director for the Cuomo campaign. He also ran a nonprofit organization for trade unions.

Kelly is 35 years old and lives in New York City. Payback is his first novel.