Mr Cooper has been published in dozens of literary magazines and journals, most recently in Oxford American, Mid American Review, Gulf Coast Boulevard and Willow springs. His stories have been nominated four times for the Pusheart Prize. He lives in New Orleans. When they say you can't tell a book by it's cover, they are wrong. As any veteran mystery reader will verify, when perusing a stack of new offerings at the librrary, certain covers scatch the eye. This is one of those and I struck it rich when I pulled it out.
My Opinion: A brand new novelist with his first book, "The marauders". I'm still reading it (9/30/15) and am enjoying it. Set in Louisiana's bayous, it portrays the destruction of the oil and gas business to the ecology of the area while portraying the "Southern Freak Show" with great humor. There are a number of great authors (James Lee Burke, Ace Atkins) who write stories about this part of the country and he hopefully, will add to that glowing roster. By all means, try this one out for size. Nothing new 4/20
Bibliography
Tom Cooper. Great Lakes Holocaust: The First Congo War, 1996–1997, Helion & Company, 2013. ISBN 978-1-909384-65-1.
Tom Cooper. Great Lakes Conflagration: The Second Congo War, 1998–2003, Helion & Company, 2013. ISBN 978-1-909384-66-8.
Tom Cooper. Wings over Ogaden: The Ethiopian-Somali War, 1978–1979, Helion & Company, 2014. ISBN 978-1-909982-38-3.
Tom Cooper. Syrian Conflagration: the Civil War, 2011–2013, Helion & Company, 2015. ISBN 978-1-910294-10-9.
Tom Cooper. Hot Skies over Yemen, Volume 1: Aerial Warfare over the Southern Arabian Peninsula, 1962-1994, Helion & Company, 2017. ISBN 978-1-912174-23-2.
Tom Cooper and Adrien Fontanellaz. Wars and Insurgencies of Uganda, 1971–1994, Helion & Company, 2016. ISBN 978-1-910294-55-0.
Tom Cooper and Adrien Fontanellaz. The Rwandan Patriotic Front, 1990–1994, Helion & Company, 2016. ISBN 978-1-910294-56-7.
Tom Cooper and Adrien Fontanellaz. Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars, Volume 1: Eritrean War of Independence, 1961-1988. Helion & Company, 2018. ISBN 978-1-912390-29-8.
Tom Cooper and Adrien Fontanellaz. Paradise Afire, Volume 1: Sri Lankan War, 1971-1987, Helion & Company, 2018. ISBN 978-1-910294-07-9.
Tom Cooper and Ahmad Sadik. Iraqi Fighters: 1953–2003: Camouflage and Markings. Harpia Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-615-21414-6.
Tom Cooper, Albert Grandolini and Arnaud Delalande. Libyan Air Wars. Part 1: 1973–1985, Helion & Company, 2015, ISBN 978-1-909982-39-0.
Tom Cooper, Albert Grandolini and Arnaud Delalande. Libyan Air Wars, Part 2: 1985–1986, Helion & Company, 2016, ISBN 978-1-910294-53-6.
Tom Cooper, Albert Grandolini and Arnaud Delalande. Libyan Air Wars, Part 3: 1986–1989, Helion & Company, 2016, ISBN 978-1-910294-54-3.
Tom Cooper and Andreas Rupprecht: Modern Chinese Warplanes, Harpia Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9854554-0-8.
Tom Cooper, Babak Taghvaee and Liam F Devlin: IRIAF 2010: The Modern Iranian Air Force, Harpia Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825539-3-0.
Tom Cooper and David Nicolle: Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 Units in Combat. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2004, ISBN 1-84176-655-0.
Tom Cooper and David Nicolle: Arab MiGs. Volume 1: Mikoyan i Gurevich MiG-15 and MiG-17 in Service with Air Forces of Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Syria. Harpia Publishing, Houston 2009, ISBN 978-0-9825539-2-3.
Tom Cooper and David Nicolle: Arab MiGs. Band 2: Supersonic Fighters: 1956–1967. Harpia Publishing, Houston 2011, ISBN 978-0-9825539-6-1.
Tom Cooper, David Nicolle, Lon Nordeen and Patricia Salti: Arab MiGs. Band 3: The June 1967 War. Harpia Publishing, Houston 2012, ISBN 978-0-9825539-9-2.
Tom Cooper, David Nicolle, Lon Nordeen, Patricia Salti and Martin Smisek: Arab MiGs Volume 4: Attrition War 1967–1973. Harpia Publishing, Houston 2013 by Harpia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9854554-1-5.
Tom Cooper, David Nicolle, Holger Müller, Lon Nordeen and Martin Smisek: Arab MiGs. Volume 5: October 1973 War. Part 1. Harpia Publishing, Houston 2014, ISBN 978-0-9854554-4-6.
Tom Cooper, David Nicolle, Albert Grandolini, Lon Nordeen and Martin Smisek: Arab MiGs. Volume 6: October 1973 War. Part 2. Harpia Publishing, Houston 2015, ISBN 978-0-9854554-6-0.
Tom Cooper, David Nicolle and AVM Gabr Ali Gabr: Wings over Sinai: The Egyptian Air Force During the Sinai War, 1956. Helion & Company, 2017. ISBN 978-1-911096610.
Tom Cooper and Doug Dildy: F-15 Eagle versus MiG-23/25: Iraq 1991. Osprey Publishing Company, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4728-1270-4.
Tom Cooper, E. R. Hooton and Farzin Nadimi: The Iran-Iraq War, Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980 – May 1982. Helion & Company, 2016. ISBN 978-1-911096-56-6.
Tom Cooper, E. R. Hooton and Farzin Nadimi: The Iran-Iraq War, Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982 – December 1986. Helion & Company, 2016. ISBN 978-1-911096-57-3.
Tom Cooper, E. R. Hooton and Farzin Nadimi: The Iran-Iraq War, Volume 3: Iraq's Triumph. Helion & Company, 2017. ISBN 978-1-911512-44-8.
Tom Cooper, E. R. Hooton and Farzin Nadimi: The Iran-Iraq War, Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts. Helion & Company, 2017. ISBN 978-1-911512-45-5.
Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop. Iran–Iraq War in the Air, 1980–1988. Schiffer Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-7643-1669-9.
Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop. Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2003, ISBN 1-84176-658-5.
Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop. Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2004, ISBN 1-84176-787-5.
Tom Cooper, Farzad Bishop and Ahmad Sadik. La Guerre Iran-Iraq: Les Combat Aériens. Part 1. Éditions LELA PRESSE, 2007.
Tom Cooper, Farzad Bishop and Ahmad Sadik. La Guerre Iran-Iraq: Les Combat Aériens. Part 2. Éditions LELA PRESSE, 2007.
Tom Cooper and Patricia Salti. Hawker Hunters at War: Iraq and Jordan, 1958–1967. Helion & Company, 2016. ISBN 978-1-911-096-25-2.
Tom Cooper, Peter Weintert, Fabian Hinz and Mark Lepko. African MiGs: MiGs and Sukhois in Service in Sub-Saharan Africa. Band 1: Angola to Ivory Coast. Harpia Publishing, Houston 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825539-5-4.
Tom Cooper, Peter Weintert, Fabian Hinz and Mark Lepko. African MiGs: MiGs and Sukhois in Service in Sub-Saharan Africa. Volume 2: Madagascar to Zimbabwe. Harpia Publishing, Houston 2011, ISBN 978-0-9825539-8-5