Tom DeMarchi joined Florida Gulf Coast University's faculty in 2004, after spending six years teaching and tutoring at SUNY Cortland. When not writing, teaching, sleeping, or cataloging his music, you'll find Tom reading biographies of jazz musicians and dead presidents, watching his son play basketball, or meeting with colleagues to discuss the Sanibel Island Writers Conference, which he directs. Because of his haircut and monochromatic fashion sense, he is often mistaken for a police officer.