(Tucson, AZ) Local author Tom Holm will kick off the Spring 2025 Writer in Residence program on February 5. His residency will run through Friday, April 18, 2025.
The Writer in Residence program brings local authors to the Library to consult with writers of any age, experience, or genre. Interested participants can schedule a time to meet with the resident and get advice, feedback, pointers, and tips on writing, publishing, and self-publishing. It is generously funded by the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Tom will be available for eight 30 minute one-on-one sessions per week at Nanini Library and Martha Cooper Library. Limit of one session per week.
The consultation schedule is as follows:
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Wednesdays, February 5 through April 16
4 to 6 pm at Nanini Library, 7300 N. Shannon Rd.
Registration opens on the Wednesday one week prior to each session. To register, visit the Library's event calendar. -
Fridays, February 7 through April 18
11 am to 1 pm at Martha Cooper Library, 1377 N. Catalina Ave.
Registration opens on the Friday one week prior to each session. To register, visit the Library's event calendar.
Please note, sessions tend to fill up quickly.
In addition, Tom will host three workshops:
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Personal Experience in Writing Fiction and Nonfiction
Saturday, February 22 from 10:30 am to noon
Nanini Library, 7300 N. Shannon Rd.
Register online here. -
Native American Storytelling and the Publishing Industry
Saturday, March 15 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Tucson Festival of Books, U of A, Integrated Learning Center, Room 125AB
Registration not required. -
Character Development in Both Fiction and Nonfiction
Friday, April 11 from 10:30 am to noon
Martha Cooper Library, 1377 N. Catalina Ave.
Register online here.
About Tom Holm:
Tom Holm is Professor Emeritus of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. His latest academic book, Code Talkers and Warriors: Native Americans in World War II, was released in 2007. The University of Texas Press published his 2005 book The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Indians and Whites in the Progressive Era. In 1996, his book on Native American veterans of the Vietnam War, Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls was a finalist for the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnology. His works of fiction include The Osage Rose (2008), its sequel, Anadarko (2015), and the third Hoolie Smith mystery novel, Panther Creek: A Pawnee Country Mystery (2024)
Tom is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a Muscogee Creek descendant. Between 2004 and 2009, he served the Cherokee Nation as a member of the Sequoyah Commission, a group of Cherokee scholars, and was named a member of the American Indian Graduate Center’s Council of 100 elders, scholars, and leaders. A deep interest in veterans’ affairs led to his membership on the first Native American advisory committee to the Veterans’ Administration. He is a Vietnam veteran and with Ina, his wife of fifty-five years, has two sons and four grandchildren and resides in Tucson Arizona.
