Tom Meschery

Tom Meschery is an American author of mystery novels and poetry. He is a former basketball player. During World War II, Meschery, along with his mother and sister, spent the war in a Japanese internment camp in Tokyo. Post-war, they were reunited with his father in San Francisco. Meschery attended Lowell High School and Saint Mary’s College, where he played basketball and earned All-American honors. Drafted by the Philadelphia (now Golden State) Warriors in 1961, he played in the NBA for the Warriors and the Seattle Sonics from 1961 to 1971. After retiring from basketball, he obtained an MFA in creative writing from the University of Iowa and taught literature and creative writing for 26 years in high school and community college. Meschery, who coached basketball extensively in West Africa, now resides in Sacramento, California, with his wife, the painter Melanie Marchant. In retirement, he remains active in writing poetry and fiction.