Karlyle Tomms 

Karlyle Tomms is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter whose brand is diversity and resilience. His first two novels were award-winning, and the adaptation of his novel Edge of Smoke was selected as a semi-finalist in the Santa Barbara/Palm Springs diversity screenwriting competition. He grew up isolated and gay with bullying and abuse in Ozarks poverty during the 1960s while attending an authoritarian church. College led him to free-thinking and self-love, outlined in his book, The Gulls Are Always Laughing - A Gay Man's Journey to Healing and Spirituality. Before completing his first novel at the age of fifty-eight and retiring from a 42-year career as a mental health clinical social worker, he wrote for regional magazines and newspapers. He is also an accomplished speaker and amateur actor. Through his characters, he explores the psychology of the human condition and the various elements and entanglements of personalities. Incorporating the social and historical influences surrounding his characters, Karlyle's stories explore overcoming social, emotional, and spiritual challenges.  

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