Kerry Tombs is an English author, best known for his historical mystery novels, specifically the Ravenscroft series. Tombs was born in Smethwick near Birmingham city in 1945 and attended five different schools before joining Glenhyng, a private school in Droitwich, where he felt he received his 'real' education. He later went on to study at the Worcester College of Education and embarked on a teaching career in both England and Australia.
After his teaching career, Tombs moved to Malvern in 1982 and became involved in various activities including working as a genealogist, lecturer, and bookseller. His experiences and knowledge of Malvern would later become the inspiration for the setting of his Ravenscroft series. Tombs' writing is influenced by his diverse background and experiences, and his novels are set in various locations in the Three Counties surrounding the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire, England.
In 2005, Tombs moved to central Brittany in France, before returning to the UK in 2010, where he settled in Ludlow in Shropshire with his family. He is married and has a son, Samuel Tombs, who is an award-winning economist with Pantheon Macroeconomics. Tombs' novels, including 'The Malvern Murders', 'The Worcester Whisperers', 'The Ledbury Lamplighters', 'The Tewkesbury Tomb', 'The Droitwich Deceivers', 'The Pershore Poisoners', 'The Upton Undertakers', 'The Herefordshire Hangmen', 'The Bromsgrove Bookseller; Ravenscroft's Christmas', and 'Ravenscroft's Last Case', are all set in various locations in the Three Counties surrounding the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire, England.
In 2020, Tombs published '75 - Becoming 75: An Englishman's Year', a daily account of his life as he turned 75, detailing his experiences during the pandemic and his thoughts on modern technology, as well as looking back on his varied life. Tombs is known to welcome comments and reviews on his books and can be contacted at his email address.