Tyler L. Boyd’s first book, Tennessee Statesman Harry T. Burn: Woman Suffrage, Free Elections and a Life of Service, was published by The History Press in 2019. It was selected for the Tennessee State Museum’s 2020 Book Club, won the Award of Distinction from the East Tennessee Historical Society, and the Award for Historic Preservation from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. His second book, Nellie Kenyon: Trailblazing Tennessee Journalist, was published by Waldenhouse Publishers in 2022 and won the East Tennessee Historical Society's Project Excellence Award. In 2023, Acclaim Press published Boyd's third book, The Biggs Machine: Old Time Politics in Polk County, Tennessee. It also won the Project Excellence Award from the East Tennessee Historical Society. Acclaim Press is publishing The Good Government League of Polk County, Tennessee, the long-anticipated sequel to The Biggs Machine, in December 2026.

Boyd studies history, civics, economics, geography, and philosophy. He enjoys genealogy, running, traveling, and the cinema. He has a B.A. in History (2009) and a M.S. in Teacher Education (2014), both from the University of Tennessee. He has taught high school in Loudon, Bradley, and McMinn Counties. His current service in the community includes: McMinn County Archivist, Programs committee member at the McMinn Living Heritage Museum, president of the McMinn County Historical Society and Archives, chairman of the McMinn County Library Board, and Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society board member. Born and raised in Athens, he resides in East Tennessee.

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