Thomas Wolf was born, raised, and educated in the Midwest.  After graduation from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and a two-year stint as a VISTA volunteer on Long Island, he earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.  He is a two-time winner of the Doris Betts Fiction Prize.

Wolf is the co-author of two nonfiction books. Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America’s Heartland and The Plea: The True Story of Young Wesley Elkins and His Struggle for Redemption.

He has also published two books on baseball history. The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, and the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932 was named “best baseball book of 2020” by Sports Collectors Digest and was a finalist for the 2021 Seymour Medal. His most recent book is Baseball in the Roaring Twenties: The Yankees, The Cardinals, and the Captivating 1926 Season, published in September 2025.

Thomas Wolf and his wife, Patricia Bryan, live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They have three grown sons and a dog named Cody.