Tom Whalen (born October 28, 1948) is an American writer and scholar. Whalen graduated from the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) in 1970 with a B.A. in English, and earned a M.A. in writing from Hollins College (Virginia) in 1971. He attended Tulane University in 1974 and the University of California, Berkeley, in 1981. In 2008 he received a Ph.D. in American Literature from Freiburg University, Germany where he was a visiting professor in North American Studies. Whalen also was a visiting professor in American Film and Literature 2006–09 at the University of Stuttgart. Whalen also was the Director of Creative Writing at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Whalen's fiction has been praised for its "inventive, distinctive language." More information...
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