Karlyle Tomms is a writer who grew up in and currently lives in the Ozarks. His general method for fiction is to define a character and then allow that character to tell his or her story from first person perspective. Through his characters he explores the psychology of the human condition including the elements of relationship, maturity, wealth, poverty, prejudice, family, morality, spirituality, sexuality, desire, deceit, humor, hate, lust, and love. In each book there is an encounter with someone who then becomes the lead character for his next novel.