Auteur: Tom Swimm

Tom de Paolo was born in Hollywood, California. His neighbors included Walt Disney and Cecil B. De Mille. After studying cinema at the University of Southern California, he joined the air force and served with a movie crew documenting World War II. He then joined the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency and worked mainly in the television industry on such shows as The Bob Hope Show, Laugh-In, Zorro, and the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. After retiring from JWT, he kept up his relationship with Disney and worked as a marketing consultant at Disneyland. Now retired for good, he lives in Laguna Beach, California, where he writes and enjoys golf. He has published four cookbooks and a book on fitness for seniors. This is his third book in the Paddy Platypus series.