Tom Shroder is an award-winning journalist, writer and editor, who worked for the Washington Post for many years. Shroder is co-author of Fire on the Horizon: the Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster (2011) and author of Old Souls: Scientific Evidence From Children Who Remember Previous Lives (1999). Naked Came the Manatee (1996) was conceived and edited by Shroder.[1]
Shroder is also known for co-creating the Tropic Hunt, a mass-participation puzzle attended by thousands each year, which has become the Herald Hunt in Miami and the Post Hunt in Washington.[1]
Shroder was born in New York City in 1954, and attended the University of Florida.[1]