Tom DeMarco is the author of sixteen books, including novels, business books and a collection of short stories. Among the books he is best know for are Slack, Peopleware, Dark Harbor House, The Deadline, and The One-Way Time Traveler. His publishers include Random House (Broadway Books Division), Hanser Verlag, Addison Wesley, Pearson, Dorset House, Down East Books, and Double Dragon.
He began his career as a software engineer at Bell Telephone Laboratories, working on what was then the world’s largest computer. His focus began early to turn toward writing, with stops along the way in organizational design, litigation consulting, foreign affairs, and even a stint teaching undergraduate Ethics at the University of Maine. He lives with his wife, Sally Smyth, in Camden on the coast of Maine.