Born and raised in Leicestershire, Tom started working with children from a young age in many settings from scouting to football coaching. He completed a degree in Primary education in 2008 and spent several years teaching across the key stages. During this time he began storytelling, initially to children and then to adults. He has been a professional storyteller for over 8 years now. Alongside this, he has written many children’s stories, begun a novel aimed at 8–12-year-olds and writes articles for Folklore Thursday on various folk tales from around the world.
