Tom Saunders began writing in his mid-thirties while taking a degree in English Literature. Later, he went on to do the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Many of his stories have been published in magazines and on the Internet. In 1995 he was an award winner in the Ian St James international short story competition. Three of his stories have featured in the anthology Voices From the Web. His first collection of short stories entitled Brother, What Strange Place is This? was published in 2004. A second collection of short stories – Roof Whirl Away – was published in 2008. This was followed in 2009 by the publication of Inappropriate Happiness, a novel.
Raised on London’s not-so-wild western edge, he now lives in rural Oxfordshire.
He has a passion for music and photography . When not writing, Tom can be found playing his guitar or peering into the undergrowth of his wild garden looking for interesting shots.