J. G. Sandom

Sandom grew up in Europe, passing five years in Rome, and was educated at Winchester College.{{cite web |last1=Ford |first1=Marcia |title=J.G. Sandom |url=http://www.bookreporter.com.asp1-14.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/authors/au-sandom-jg.asp |publisher=BookReporter.com |access-date=16 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116164048/http://www.bookreporter.com.asp1-14.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/authors/au-sandom-jg.asp |archive-date=16 January 2015 }} In 1984, Sandom co-founded Einstein and Sandom Interactive (EASI). In 1994 it was purchased by D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles.{{cite web |url=http://www.admediapartners.com/transactions/by_focus.html |title=Recent merger and acquisition activity |publisher=AdMedia Partners |accessdate=May 22, 2013 |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329091936/http://www.admediapartners.com/transactions/by_focus.html |url-status=dead }} From January 1997 to October 1999, Sandom served as Director of Interactive at OgilvyOne Worldwide,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/29/business/people.html?scp=2&sq=sandom,%20ogilvy&st=cse |title= People |newspaper=New York Times | author= Tamar Charry| date=January 29, 1997}} a division of Ogilvy & Mather. Sandom built OgilvyInteractive to $300 million in billings,{{cite news |url=http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/1704286/the-omnicom-empire-strikes-back |title= The Omnicom Empire Strikes Back |magazine=ClickZ – Marketing News & Expert Advice | author= Dana Blankenhorn | date=March 6, 2000}} and Adweek credited him with turning Ogilvy's digital offering around.[http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising/rapp-collins-evolves-its-old-tricks-and-learns-some-new-ones-45970 Rapp Collins evolves its old tricks and learns some new ones | Adweek] From October 1999 Sandom served as President and CEO, and then Vice Chairman of RappDigital Worldwide, an arm of the agency Omnicom.{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/special-report-magazines-the-alist/disturber-peace-sandom-puts-fat-media-sights/60598/ |title=Disturber of the peace Sandom puts Fat Media in his sights |first=Randall |last=Rothenberg |publisher=Advertising Age |date=October 25, 1999 }}[http://adage.com/article/news/Omnicom-group-gains-critical-mass/31539/ Omnicom Group gains Critical Mass | News - Advertising Age]{{cite news |url=http://www.dmnews.com/rapp-collins-acquires-e-mail-ask-innovyx-for-rappdigital/article/68480/# |first=Mickey Alam |last=Khan |title=Rapp Collins Acquires E-Mail ASP Innovyx for RappDigital |newspaper=Direct Marketing News |date=September 19, 2000 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Sandom is the author of eleven novels. He writes novels for adults under his own name and has used the pen name T.K. Welsh{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903291.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Elizabeth | last=Ward | title=A Fond Farewell | date=June 22, 2008}} for some of his young adult (YA) books. Ranked one of the Top Ten Children's Books of 2006 by the Washington Post,{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006120800009.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Elizabeth | last=Ward | title=Top 10 for Children | date=December 10, 2006}} his debut novel for young adults Kiss Me, I'm Dead (originally released under the title The Unresolved), was nominated for a Young Adult Library Services Association 2007 "Teens' Top Ten",{{Cite web|url=http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2007/09/|title=September 2007|date=29 September 2007 }} named a 2007 Association of Jewish Libraries "Notable Book for Teens" by the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee,{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Portals/0/AJL_Assets/documents/recommended/notables/2007notables.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-13 |archive-date=2014-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617174607/http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Portals/0/AJL_Assets/documents/recommended/notables/2007notables.pdf |url-status=dead }} and nominated for the 2006 "Cybils" award.{{Cite web|url=http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2006/11/the_nominations_2.html#more|title=The Nominations Young Adult Fiction}} The Washington Post said that Sandom "writes with a precision and delicacy unusual for YA fiction"{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701208.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=For Young Readers | date=August 20, 2006}} and called the novel, "a subtle gem".

Sandom's novel, The Wave, was reissued in June 2010 by Cornucopia Press. Kirkus Reviews said Sandom's characterizations of heroes and "stock bad guys" were drifting into caricature but lauded the story's pacing, concluding: "A story with enough manic energy to be worthy of a nuclear explosion and enough to render moot any structural weaknesses in its architecture."{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jg-sandom-2/the-wave-2/ |title=The Wave by J.G. Sandom: Kirkus Review |date=April 4, 2011 |publisher=Kirkus Reviews}}

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