Tom Henry biography
Tom Henry is a co-author/ghostwriter. He was born and brought up in Lancashire, and studied English and Drama at university in York before becoming a journalist.
He has worked in newspapers and magazines for the past 20 years both as a staffer and a freelance, contributing news stories, features and reviews to a wide variety of publications. He was a crime reporter for much of his time as a staffer, covering many memorable and high-profile court cases, and also spent time reporting the conflicts in Bosnia and Northern Ireland.
In 2001 he switched to feature writing, interviewing politicians, film and TV stars, among many other strange folk. In 2007 he was commissioned to write ‘The Fight For Fordhall Farm’ (Hodder&Stoughton), the co-authored story of a young brother and sister fighting to save their parents’ ailing organic farm from the developers. In 2008 he wrote a novelisation of the film ‘Three and Out’ (starring Mackenzie Crook, Gemma Arterton, Colm Meaney and Imelda Staunton) and this year (2009) he has worked with comedy scriptwriting legend Barry Cryer on Butterfly Brain (Orion) the third in a series of memoirs.
Tom now lives near Bristol with his wife, Melanie, and their daughter, Rowan. He enjoys walking, cycling, fishing, music, drama and a small amount of housework. In true Northern style, he is also the owner of a whippet.
How I Found the Agency
Being a co-author/ghostwriter means responding quickly to the fluctuating fortunes of the non-fiction market, and also having an ability to look ahead and see what might fly off the shelves in a year’s time. I wanted to work with an agency that had excellent contacts and a dynamic approach to ideas. A combination of web surfing and a publishing contact brought me to Andrew Lownie’s site. He has the best website of any literary agent in the UK because it is useful, open and engaging. Anyone who has ever trawled through agency or publishing websites will know how rare that is! Andrew got back to me almost immediately following initial contact and, after a meeting at his office, we agreed to work together. In a matter of days we had a meeting arranged with a possible author and various ideas for autobiographies taking shape. That’s what I call quick work, and that’s why I’m very pleased to be represented by Andrew.
