Drew Thorn was proud and very lucky to grow up on a dairy farm in upstate New York a few miles from Vermont. The hard work and play helped shape his character. He attended Tamarac High School which was small enough that everyone knew each other and remain close even to this day. He went on to join Alpha Gamma Rho and graduate from Cornell University.
His professional life is marked by transformation. He began in the farm equipment business and migrated in the early 80s to the nascent personal computer industry. Next, he learned about smart cards, a credit card-sized plastic card with a computer chip to store information. He transitioned this expertise to manage the global migration from magnetic stripe to smart card technology at MasterCard.
He has been fortunate to have traveled across the globe visited six continents and lived in multiple cities in the US and Australia.
Beyond his passion to write. Drew enjoys gardening, cows, and woodworking and used to love travel – today it is just hard.
He is very proud of his family. Judy is a college professor, son John is a commercial truck driver and daughter Lizzy is a Captain in the Army currently stationed in Jordan. All doing incredible things.
Transitioning again, today he is loving the freedom of writing novels where the only limits are what you can imagine. Today he lives with his family in the Ozarks of Missouri enjoying the calm of Midwest life.
Member Of
- International Thriller Writers
- Missouri Writers Guild
- Springfield Writers Guild
- Alpha Gamma Rho
BOOKS
- “The Pinnacle Club” by Drew Thorn, Copyright 2019 & 2021
- “The Oligarch” by Drew Thorn, Copyright 2021
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR
- “Smart Cards – Seizing Strategic Business Opportunities”, McGraw-Hill, Copyright 1998
- “Smart Card: The Global Journal of Advanced Card Technology”, Global Projects Group, Copyright 1996
- “Smart Cards: The Global Information Passport” by Jack Kaplan, December 1995
- “The Movement and Physiological Effect of Indoleacetic Acid Following Point Applications to Root Tips of Zea mays” Physiologia Plantarum: Volume 36, Issue 4, April 1976
- US Patent: 5,705,798 System and method for processing a customized financial transaction card. Filed December 16, 1994, assigned to MasterCard International.
The Springfield Writers Guild inspires hundreds of writers here in the Ozarks. A special shout-out to the members of our Thriller sub-group, we meet monthly and share what we have learned and pieces of our writing. They have all taught me so much and all have become close friends.
Steve Bassett John Cawlfield Jaime Cole
Ruth Hunter Shirley McCann Tom Pyle
Bill Rogers Tim Straus Janna Trombold
Liz Verity
There are so many authors that I enjoy. Their command of the craft inspires me to do even better. Here are just a few from over the years.
Jim Kjelgaard wrote ‘Big Red’ and many others, is the first author I remember from grade school. He mentioned a “Tarbox” in one of his novels. So wrote to him and asked about it. He had passed but his wife wrote a wonderful letter back that I will always remember.
Some Well-known Favorites
David Baldacci Steve Berry Dan Brown
Tom Clancy James Clavell Cleo Coyle
Clive Cussler John Grisham Louis L’Amour
James Michener Robert Frost Rachael Treasure
Authors I Work With Every Week
Every other week a sub-group of the Springfield Writers Guild gets together to critique and support each other’s work. These folks have helped me so much over the past year, words are not enough. The following are published, authors and playwrights. I love all of their books. I encourage you to check out their novels.
J.C Fields www.jcfieldsbooks.com
Eli Pope www.elipope.com
Antim Straus www.antimstraus.com
Malcolm Tanner www.malcolmtanner.com