Tim Symonds

Tim Symonds was born in London. He grew up in Somerset, Dorset and the Channel Island of Guernsey. After several years travelling widely, including farming in the Highlands of Kenya and living along the Zambezi River in Central Africa, he emigrated to the United States. He studied at Göttingen, in Germany, and the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in Political Science.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Sherlock Holmes And The Nine-Dragon Sigil was written in a converted oast house near Rudyard Kipling's old home, Bateman's, in the English county of East Sussex.

Other detective novels by the author include -

Sherlock Holmes And The Mystery Of Einstein's Daughter,Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Bulgarian Codex; Sherlock Holmes And The Dead Boer At Scotney Castle, and Sherlock Holmes And The Sword Of Osman.

Photo: Tim Symonds at Nagarkot Hill Station, Himalayas.