Jon Fordham

A retired building society general manager and county cricket executive director, Jon Fordham wrote his first book, Thanks For The Memories, in July 2014.

This was followed by the release of The Curse of The Great Train Robbery on 7 March 2016, published by Arena Books.

Married with three sons, his latest book 'Too Clever For His Own Good', published by Austin Macauley, was released on 31 May 2022. This is the first in the 'DI Hardcastle' trilogy, with the sequel, 'No Time To Cut Corners', due to be published in Autumn 2023.

Away from writing, his interests include following Charlton Athletic FC, collecting film related autographs and children's books, notably the work of Billy Bunter creator Charles Hamilton, better known as Frank Richards.