Tom Nelson

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About The Author

Tom Nelson has been busted for everything from auto theft and assault and battery to armed robbery and drug dealing. He spent more than seventeen years as an inmate in maximum- and medium-security prisons. After his criminal career, Tom became a proud father, husband, and personal trainer.

Books by Tom Nelson

How to Not Die in Prison

A Survival Guide

By Taylor Sheridan and Tom Nelson
The debut book from Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Taylor Sheridan, creator of Landman and cocreator of Yellowstone—a no-bullsh*t, darkly funny survival guide to life inside a maximum-security prison, cowritten with prison-hardened ex-con Tom Nelson.

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