Thomas Corrigan published his debut novel, “The Good Life,” while in high school. It won a Finalist award in the Young Author category in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. It also earned a Five Stars award from Readers’ Favorite. In 2020, Thomas was interviewed (42:57 mark) about “The Good Life” by Kate Delaney on “America Tonight,” a nationally-syndicated radio program reaching an audience of 2.9 million listeners.
His second novel, “Right Now Is Worth It,” was also completed during high school. It was a 2020 Feathered Quill Book Awards Finalist in the Teen (13-18 years) category and advanced to the Long List in the Dante Rossetti Young Adult Fiction category of the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Feathered Quill Book Awards Judges’ Comments called it “…’The Breakfast Club’ for the 21st Century.”