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Tom Corcoran first moved to Florida in 1970. He has been a disc jockey,
bartender, AAA travel counselor, U. S. Navy officer, screenwriter,
freelance photographer, automotive magazine editor, computer graphic
artist, and journalist.
Corcoran’s photographs have appeared on seven Jimmy Buffett album covers. He co-wrote the Buffett hits, “Cuban Crime of Passion,” and “Fins.” His photos also have appeared on numerous book jackets, including those of Thomas McGuane (“An Outside Chance”), Winston Groom (“Forrest Gump”), and Florida novelists Les Standiford (“Black Mountain” and “Last Train to Paradise”) and James W. Hall (“Hot Damn”). From 1987 to 1993 Corcoran edited “Mustang Monthly.” His editor’s columns were collected in book form, released as “Hoofbeats” in 1994. As co-owner of The Ketch & Yawl Press, Corcoran has published three South Florida-related books, “Remembering Ernest Hemingway,” by James Plath and Frank Simons; “Key West Collection,” by Dorothy Raymer; and “The Young Wrecker on the Florida Reef,” by Richard Meade Bache. Corcoran’s photographs of Key West are included in the Raymer book, and he wrote the introduction for “The Young Wrecker.” In addition to his Alex Rutledge, Florida Keys-based mystery series, Corcoran's three books on classic Ford Mustangs and Shelbys remain popular after twelve years in print. His fifth Alex Rutledge mystery, Air Dance Iguana, was published by St. Martin's Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books in November 2005.
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To keep his mind active between novels, Tom wrote the essay, "Jimmy with a Capital L" for the 32-page booklet included in each copy of Jimmy Buffett's April 2003 two-CD release, "Meet Me in Margaritaville." Since 1996, Tom has designed and published the annual Jimmy Buffett Calendar, available only through the Margaritaville Store. |