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From the time our first child, Jennifer, was born in
1970 I found myself creating children's stories to tell
her at bedtime or when we were taking an after dinner
walk. When our son James was born five years later, I
continued with evening and bedtime stories -
particularly Christmas stories about Santa Claus. My
wife and I found a great deal of joy pointing out the
flashing red lights atop the Santa Catalina Mountains
and exciting the children about the possibility that
Santa was flying up there and was looking down on us.
Of course, he was keeping a list of who was naughty
and nice, so there was a little encouragement for the
kids to be well behaved.
At about the same time I was busy at the Tucson Police
Department writing policies and procedures,
deployment plans, budgets, and working on a major
research project on Community Oriented Policing.
Story telling came to an end when James and Jennifer
outgrew them, but my technical writing for the Tucson,
and later the Lubbock Police Departments, moved into
high gear. After retiring as Chief of Police of the
Lubbock PD and making a career adjustment to the
Lubbock School District Police, I found a treasure
chest in the form of "spare time."
I had never lost my pleasure of story telling, so my
newly found time was quickly put to use in creative
writing. My first book, Color of the Prism, was a major
success, and sold to become a major motion picture. My
second novel, The Third Dawn, is newly released and is
being scheduled for book signing events in bookstores
and book fairs.
Two more novels are in the works, and hope to see the
light of the printed page soon. In the meantime, I
hope you enjoy this site along with COLOR OF THE
PRISM and THE THIRD DAWN.
Thomas J. Nichols
1970 I found myself creating children's stories to tell
her at bedtime or when we were taking an after dinner
walk. When our son James was born five years later, I
continued with evening and bedtime stories -
particularly Christmas stories about Santa Claus. My
wife and I found a great deal of joy pointing out the
flashing red lights atop the Santa Catalina Mountains
and exciting the children about the possibility that
Santa was flying up there and was looking down on us.
Of course, he was keeping a list of who was naughty
and nice, so there was a little encouragement for the
kids to be well behaved.
At about the same time I was busy at the Tucson Police
Department writing policies and procedures,
deployment plans, budgets, and working on a major
research project on Community Oriented Policing.
Story telling came to an end when James and Jennifer
outgrew them, but my technical writing for the Tucson,
and later the Lubbock Police Departments, moved into
high gear. After retiring as Chief of Police of the
Lubbock PD and making a career adjustment to the
Lubbock School District Police, I found a treasure
chest in the form of "spare time."
I had never lost my pleasure of story telling, so my
newly found time was quickly put to use in creative
writing. My first book, Color of the Prism, was a major
success, and sold to become a major motion picture. My
second novel, The Third Dawn, is newly released and is
being scheduled for book signing events in bookstores
and book fairs.
Two more novels are in the works, and hope to see the
light of the printed page soon. In the meantime, I
hope you enjoy this site along with COLOR OF THE
PRISM and THE THIRD DAWN.
Thomas J. Nichols
COLOR OF THE PRISM
by Thomas J. Nichols
A blending of fact and fiction into a journey of intrigue,
love, betrayal, greed and tragedy in this police thriller
set on the Arizona-Mexico border.
by Thomas J. Nichols
A blending of fact and fiction into a journey of intrigue,
love, betrayal, greed and tragedy in this police thriller
set on the Arizona-Mexico border.
THE THIRD DAWN
by Thomas J. Nichols
A biblical journey in the company of Jesus of Nazareth
told through the eyes of the Savior's lifelong
companion, Nur.
by Thomas J. Nichols
A biblical journey in the company of Jesus of Nazareth
told through the eyes of the Savior's lifelong
companion, Nur.
THE NOBLE GENERATION
Volume II
The Noble Generation Volume II, an anthology, brings
to life personal experiences from a wide variety of
events from the 20th century.
Volume II
The Noble Generation Volume II, an anthology, brings
to life personal experiences from a wide variety of
events from the 20th century.
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Thomas J. Nichols
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