Author and essayist Tom Waters has been writing since the age of 13 when an English teacher encouraged him to continue journal entries and poems. After leaving college, he freelanced for The Buffalo News, ArtVoice, Night Life Magazine, Acid Logic, Film Fax, Alt, Buffalo Beat, Boy's Night Out, World Wide Freelancer, The Circle and Dream Forge. From 2000-2010 he wrote eleven books and co-edited a no
n-profit anthology (Voices From The Herd: An Anthology For Buffalo, NY) with authors Alycia Ripley and Cindy Mantai. To date, he has published twelve books ranging from humorous rants and essays (Born Pi**ed, Zany Hijinx, First Person Last Straw, If They Can't Take A Joke, Slapstick & Superego, Mockery and Travesty), conventional and modern poetry (Breathing Room Volume I: Free Verse, Breathing Room Volume II: Rhymes & Relics and Poke The Scorpion With A Sharp Stick) and Hunter S. Thompson-esque bar reviews (Clean Up After Me, I'm Irish: A Cheap Degenerate's Guide To Buffalo Bars). From 2002-2005, Waters was a frequent celebrity interviewer for ArtVoice, conducting and transcribing over three dozen interviews with Bret Easton Ellis, Carrie Spadter, Diane Meholick and many others). From 2000-2010, Waters wrote exotic club reviews, bar reviews, interviews and a weekly column (Big Words I Know By Heart) for Night Life Magazine. From 2007-2012, he wrote bar reviews for The Buffalo News' 'Club Watch' section, favoring corner taverns, pubs and dives over flashy downtown 'it' spots. From 2008-2012, he agreed to host a one hour comedy show ('The Big Words I Know By Heart Radio Hour'), which rapidly gained a cult fan base on iTunes as well as the web. In 2014, Waters launched a video version of 'Big Words I Know By Heart' on Youtube with more of a focus on Buffalo talent. The show immediately garnered a cult following. The author lives in the Town Of Clarence (a suburb outside of Buffalo) with his son Benjamin and their rescue cat Morris.
