Biography

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Thomas Hauck earned his B.A. in History of Art at Tufts University, graduating magna cum laude. He earned his M.B.A. at Endicott College in 2004. After serving with leading Boston area cultural non-profits including the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Montserrat College of Art, and the Wenham Museum, Thomas became a full-time professional book developer, editor, and ghostwriter.

"I help both emerging authors and established professionals reach their literary goals," says Thomas. "No one will work harder to make a client happy. Writing and publishing a book should be a very rewarding experience, and my job is to make sure that my clients' books are competitive with the finest literary products in the marketplace."

A proud member of the Association of Ghostwriters, the leading professional organization for experienced ghostwriters, Thomas Hauck has developed, edited, or ghostwritten over two hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction. Many are category bestsellers on Amazon.com. In addition to serving his literary clients, Thomas writes fiction under his own name, and has published a novel and two short story collections. Pistonhead is an acclaimed coming-of-age novel about a guitar player in a rock band who faces difficult choices. A short story and poetry collection, Public Image: Stories and Poems, was published in 2009. The Body on the Rocks, his short stories featuring detective Chris Mark, appeared on bookstore shelves in 2014.

Thomas's short stories have been published in The Armchair Aesthete, The Bitter Oleander, and The MacGuffin, and other literary journals.

He's also the former editor of Renaissance Magazine, America's leading glossy magazine devoted to the renaissance/medieval experience and the renfaire industry.

Thomas lives with his wife Kim Smith, a published garden book author and award-winning documentary filmmaker, in a house overlooking historic Gloucester Harbor. Thomas and Kim have two children.