Tommy Tomlinson is the author of two books: The Elephant In the Room (2019), about life as an overweight man in a growing America, and Dogland (2024), about the Westminster Dog Show and the bond between dogs and their people.
He also writes a newsletter called The Writing Shed.
He has written for publications including Esquire, ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, Garden & Gun, and many others. He spent 23 years as a reporter and columnist for the Charlotte Observer and seven years as host of the podcast SouthBound for WFAE in Charlotte.
He’s a graduate of the University of Georgia and was a 2008-09 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
Tommy and his wife, Alix Felsing, live in Charlotte with their cat, Jack Reacher.
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