High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Benford (b. 1949-10-05) is an American author, writer, songwriter, musician, photographer, videographer and editor with over 1,000 published magazine articles and authored more than 10 books. He has written on myriad subjects ranging from computer science to music to automotive topics and photography and videography. A New Jersey native, he has resided in the Garden State all his life and currently lives with his wife of 30 years, Liz, and their German Shepherd dog on a 4+ acre estate on the New Jersey shore in Ocean County.