Thomas Fenske is a North Carolina–based storyteller with deep Texas roots. A lifelong road‑tripper and adventurer, he's chased chicken‑fried steaks, barbeque, and Tex‑Mex across endless highways, canoed the Guadalupe's rapids, hiked West Texas mountains and rafted the Rio Grande—ever in pursuit of the next great slice of life. When he's not crafting adventure/mysteries or delving into family histories for fiction fodder, he's wrangling a beagle and a houseful of rescue cats alongside his wife, Gretchen—proving that fierce tales and full hearts go hand in hand.