Tom Kissack lives in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, a historic market town he fell in love beforemoving there in December 2022, after living in many and varied places across the world.He is retired and has paternal duties at times, for his now 12-year-old son, Jonathan, thenamesake of Jonathan's Tales. Tom has had an interesting and rewarding life to date, serving23 years in the Royal Airforce, and a further 23 years as a Marketing Manager at a LondonUniversity. He likes to keep fit, visiting the gym thrice weekly and has also made it a lifetimeinterest in 'eating to live'. His other current passion beyond the above is reading theEnglish classics.138