T.J. Derry is a filmmaker and commercial director whose storytelling spans film, advertising, and now fiction. His background behind the camera brings a striking visual sensibility to his writing, while his fascination with resilience, inner conflict, and the search for meaning shapes the emotional core of his work.

Carried Away is his debut novel, written over the course of six years across coffee shops, coastlines, and moments of creative obsession. Both grounded and cinematic, it’s a work that mirrors the author’s own pursuit of clarity in an increasingly noisy world.