Thomas Styles earned his B.S. in elementary education and Mathematics and his M.S. in Developmental Reading. He taught in elementary and junior high schools for twelve years before launching his own childcare enterprise, TSL Kids Crew, which has operated since 2009. He has has a passion for writing stories since he was a teenager, as it was a hobby and skill for which he realized at a young age he had a knack for and loved. He has two grown children and has traveled extensively around the world. He writes under the pen name T.A. Styles to present his more gritty work, and also under the pen name Thomas Styles to present lighter fare fiction.