Tom Bentley is an accomplished writer and editor with extensive experience in both fields. He studied English at Sonoma State University and went on to earn a Masters in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He has worked as a professional writer for many years, with experience in business copywriting/content marketing, magazine and newspaper writing. He is also an accomplished author with two consumer business books and hundreds of freelance articles to his name. In addition to this, he has broad experience with publication planning/management and large document organization.

Bentley's experience as an editor is just as impressive. He has edited more than 100 nonfiction books, both technical, business and consumer, and has edited 10 novels. He has also edited a broad range of marketing and technical communications and is experienced in copyediting, content editing, and proofreading.

Bentley's specialties include conversational writing sprinkled with humor, writing and editing marketing and technical information for businesses, editing book-length documents, both nonfiction and fiction, and interviewing and profile writing. He is the owner of The Write Word Writing and Editing Services and has previously held senior copywriting positions at Earth, Sea and Sky Vacations and Maxis/Electronic Arts.

Bentley's most significant work is his book "Think Like a Writer: How to Write the Stories You See"​ (The Write Word, 2015), which supplies tools for finding and cultivating a writer's voice. He has also contributed to various publications such as Popular Mechanics, Wired, Los Angeles Times, Writer's Digest, Writer's Market, and The American Scholar.