Tom Zoellner is the author of five nonfiction books, including TRAIN. He is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book AN ORDINARY MAN, and his book URANIUM won the 2011 Science Writing Award from The American Institute of Physics. Tom has worked as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle and The Arizona Republic, and as a contributing editor for Men’s Health magazine. He is now an associate professor of English at Chapman University. Tom lives in downtown Los Angeles and is a founding member of the journalism collective Deca.

Books by Tom Zoellner

Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World --- from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief

by Tom Zoellner - Nonfiction, Travel

In his wide-ranging and entertaining book, Tom Zoellner travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world --- and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel.