Tom Cardamone

{{short description|American writer of speculative fiction|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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|name=Tom Cardamone

|occupation=Writer

|nationality=American

|genre=Speculative fiction

|notable_works=The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered (2010)

|awards=Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (2013)

|website={{url|http://www.pumpkinteeth.net}}

}}

Tom Cardamone is an American writer of speculative fiction. His published works include the anthology The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered, the fantasy novels The Werewolves of Central Park and Green Thumb, the novella Pacific Rimming and the short story collection Pumpkin Teeth.

Openly gay,[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/08/28/tom-cardamone-the-new-weird/ "Tom Cardamone: The New Weird"]. Lambda Literary Foundation, August 28, 2012. Cardamone is based in New York City.

He won a Lambda Literary Award for Green Thumb in 2013, in the speculative fiction category.[http://lgbtweekly.com/2013/06/04/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ "25th annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610062409/http://lgbtweekly.com/2013/06/04/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |date=2013-06-10 }}. LGBT Weekly, June 4, 2013. Pumpkin Teeth was also previously nominated in the same category.