Thomas Scott McKenzie is the co-author of The Man Behind the Nose: Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other Stupendous Tales with Larry Harmon (Igniter Books imprint of HarperCollins) and the author of Power Chord: One Man’s Ear-Splitting Quest to Find His Guitar Heroes (It Books imprint of HarperCollins).

His work has appeared in Premier Guitar, Laptop, Tin House, Stuff, InSync, Paste, Columbus Monthly, Kentucky Monthly, The Panhandler, The Aethlon: Journal of Sport and Literature, The Wall Street Journal’s Managing Your Career, and more. 

He is the co-founder of the books and publishing blog Slushpile.net, and has contributed to Salon.com, WristWatchReview.com, MTV.com, TechCrunch.com, and more. He has been a staff writer for Crimescene.com and a critic for PopMatters.com.

McKenzie was raised on a thoroughbred horse farm in Bourbon County, Kentucky and received a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Mississippi.