Tom Keer’s Biography
Award-winning outdoor writer Tom Keer published his first piece, a short story, in the 1988 edition of Heading Out, a local literary magazine. Since then he has published over two-thousand freelance works in print magazines and newspapers, and in digitial publications and blogs.
Tom has won over 30 awards for his feature editorials, columns, and blogs from the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA), the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA), and the New England Outdoor Writer’s of America (NEOWA). He is a member of the board for both OWAA and NEOWA. More recently, Tom has edited magazines such as USA Today Hunt and Fish, a 4.5 million newsstand circulation publication and Skydance, the official publication of Woodcock Limited.
Tom has written across several different genres. While much of his work has been non-fiction for general interest and outdoors magazines and websites, he has also done considerable technical, advertising, and public relations writing. His personal favorite is literary short fiction, and he has a collection of essays, a collection of short stories, and a children’s book that are works in-progress.
The Fly Fishers Guide to the New England Coast, Tom’s first book, was released January 2011. And he has served as the National Spokesperson for the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation’s “Take Me Fishing” campaign. He lives and writes from his home on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.