Head, Tom 1978–

PERSONAL: Born July 14, 1978, in Jackson, MS; son of John (a salesman) and Carol (a nurse; maiden name, Carwile) Head. Ethnicity: "Caucasian" Education: Regents College, B.A. (liberal arts), 1996; California State University, Dominguez Hills, M.A. (humanities), 2000; doctoral study at Edith Cowan University. Politics: "Independent." Religion: Unitarian Universalist/Episcopalian. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, meditation, cooking, conversation, volunteer work; avid Macintosh user.

ADDRESSES: Office—c/o Que Publishing, 800 E. 96th St., Indianapolis, IN 46240. E-mail—tom@nwujackson.org.

CAREER: Editor and writer. Bookstore assistant, Choctaw Books, Jackson, MS, 1998–2000; freelance writer, 2000–.

MEMBER: National Writers Union, Authors Guild, Publishers Marketing Association.

WRITINGS:

NONFICTION

(With Mariah Bear and John Bear) Get Your IT Degree and Get Ahead, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2000.

(With John Bear and Mariah Bear) Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning, 14th edition, Ten Speed Press (Berkeley, CA), 2001.

(With John Bear, and Mariah Bear, and Larry McQueary) Bears' Guide to the Best Computer Degrees by Distance Learning, Ten Speed Press (Berkeley, CA), 2001.

(With John Bear, Mariah Bear, and Thomas Nixon) Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance Learning, Ten Speed Press (Berkeley, CA), 2001.

Freedom of Religion, Facts on File (New York, NY), 2005.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Bible, Que Pub. (Indianapolis, IN), 2005.

EDITOR

Confederate Generals, Blackbirch Press (San Diego, CA), 2003.

Mikhail Gorbachev, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2003.

Slaves, Blackbirch Press (San Diego, CA), 2003.

Union Generals, Blackbirch Press (San Diego, CA), 2003.

Women and Families, Blackbirch Press (San Diego, CA), 2003.

The Bill of Rights, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

(With mother Carol Carwile Head) 1966, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

The Future of the Internet, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

Mysterious Places, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

Possessions and Exorcisms, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

Religion and Education, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2005.

Conversations with Carl Sagan, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 2006.

What Is the State of Human Rights?, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2006.

Is Torture Ever Justified?, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2006.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A lengthy documentary history of American criminal justice with Miami University crime historian David Wolcott, for Facts on File.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

School Library Journal, November, 2003, Elizabeth Talbot, review of Mikhail Gorbachev, p. 160.