T.K. Thorne

T.K Thorne was born on April 17, 1954, in Montgomery, Alabama, the first of three children, to father Warren Katz, a WWII veteran and civilian engineer at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, and mother, Jane Katz, who was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 2002 for her own achievements.[1] Thorne's grandmother Dorothy Lobman encouraged's Thorne's passion for reading and social reform.

Thorne completed a Master of Social Work at the University of Alabama.

In 1977 Thorne was hired as the first Jewish female officer with the Birmingham Police Department. She retired as a captain and assumed an Executive Director position with City Action Partnership (CAP) in Birmingham (a position in which she continues to serve).[2]

Thorne has served as faculty at several writers' conferences and spoken on lecture circuits (including Columbus State University, Colgate University and Wake Forrest University on the Birmingham bombing).[3]

A short film developed from her screenplay "Six Blocks Wide" (Shapefilms, 2007) was a semi-finalist at the international A Film for Peace Festival in Italy.

Noah's Wife won Gold in the Historical Fiction category for the 2009 Foreword INDIES.[10]

Thorne currently resides in Springville, Alabama, with her husband, two dogs, a cat and a horse. She is the step-mother of three children, a grandmother of four, and is also a Yondan (4th degree black belt) in Tomiki Ryu Akidio.