As Atlanta trial lawyer Tommy Malone begins his 36th chemotherapy treatment Monday for the stomach cancer he has battled for nearly two years, he said he is taking a dose of encouragement from a biography of him just published by Mercer University Press.

The title is “Tommy Malone, Trial Lawyer: And the Light Shone Through… The Guiding Hand Shaping One of America’s Greatest Trial Lawyers.” The author is Vincent Coppola, a former Newsweek reporter who has written five nonfiction books. His work has been featured in Atlanta Magazine, Esquire, Rolling Stone and other publications.