After high school, Thompson attended City College of New York and received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
[1] After leaving the Philadelphia Bulletin, Thompson moved to Metro Atlanta where he currently resides.
The trilogy portrays the journey of Andy Michael Pilgrim through the sixties in Brooklyn, the seventies in Philadelphia, and the eighties in Atlanta.
During his thirty year journey Andy discovers challenges that were faced by African Americans in the twentieth century.
Thompson's third novel, Ghost of Atlanta, won the 2011 National Gold Medal for General Fiction presented by Reader's Favorite.