Biography
Tom Epperson is an American screenwriter and novelist. Born in 1951 in Nashville, Arkansas, he grew up in Malvern and studied English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville before moving to Los Angeles with childhood friend Billy Bob Thornton.
Epperson is best known for his screenwriting collaborations with Thornton, including One False Move (1992), A Family Thing (1996), The Gift (2000) and Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012). He also wrote Camouflage (2001) under the name Nigel Dial. His novels include the Edgar Award-nominated The Kind One (2008) and Sailor (2012). He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife Stefani Ames.
