About the Author

Tom Carr was born in 1947 and spent his childhood and youth in Haughton-Le-Skerne, Darlington, County Durham in North-east England. He trained to be a teacher in Twickenham, London, where he met his future wife, to whom the book is dedicated. His training included a year teaching in a French Lycée. He taught French for three years in Stewards Comprehensive, Harlow, Essex, then he returned to Haughton-Le-Skerne, having bought a house previously owned by his paternal grandfather after whom he was named. He taught English in Carmel Secondary School in Darlington for eleven years. During that time he became interested in Special Needs provision and took further qualifications in this field. He then spent twenty years as Special Needs Coordinator in St. Bede's Secondary School in Lanchester, County Durham. He recently retired from County Durham's Home and Hospital Support Service for which he worked for seven years, the last four of these as Advisory Teacher. “The Talisman Of Skerne” is Tom's first completed novel, though another started earlier is half-completed. It is very different in nature and style from “The Talisman”, being much longer and quite dark; a complex, psychological murder story. Tom was also co-author of a musical play called “Bunter” based on the English comic-book character, Billy Bunter. Locally, the play was well-received. Tom and his wife have a son, a daughter, a grandson and granddaughter. Also, like his main protagonist in “The Talisman”, Tom owns a house in France's Languedoc and a Citroën DS. He is spending his retirement enjoying both.
Tom has been working on a sequel "Lucifer Wore Lycra" which is coming out 2016.
His books are available in paperback and Kindle format on Amazon.