Author of novels In the Season of the Daisies, Iscariot, Derrycloney, The Canal Bridge, and Nailer. Excepts available at www.tomphelan.net. Has written for Newsday, the Irish Echo, independent.ie (Irish Independent), and the journal of the American Irish Historical Society. Has participated in the Hofstra University Summer Writers Conference, West Cork Literary Festival, Kings Lynn Fiction Festival, Flat Lake Festival, andd others. Has given talks/readings at scores of libraries, schools, bookstores, and cultural groups, including Villanova University, New Rochelle College, NYU Ireland House, Molloy College, Hofstra University, American Irish Historical Society, Great War Society, and Irish Writers Centre (Dublin).