Theodore Thomas ("T. T.") Flynn (August 8, 1902 – January 8, 1979) was an American writer of pulp fiction in multiple genres.
He graduated from Indianapolis Technical High School, and at the age of fourteen joined the merchant navy to work his way across the world.
In 1924 he was married to Mary Cecilia Derene[1] and settled back in the United States working for a railroad, first as a brakeman, then in a roundhouse.
Flynn decided to take flying lessons at the Franklin-Speakman airfield near Albuquerque to lend authenticity to his tales for Air Stories, the premier aviation pulp of the day.
Flynn soon moved to New Mexico and lived in a trailer while exploring the American West, which added authentic local color to his fiction.
By the time of the World War II paper shortages Flynn began to turn out westerns for the newborn paperback market.
Many of Flynn's westerns remain in print and some of his series characters for various detective magazine have been collected by Altus Press.