Tim Symonds was born in London. He grew up in Somerset, Dorset and Guernsey. After several years working in the Kenya Highlands and along the Zambezi River he emigrated to the United States where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Sherlock Holmes And The Mystery Of Einstein’s Daughter was written in a converted coast house near Rudyard Kipling’s old home Bateman’s in Sussex and in the forests and hidden valleys of the High Weald. The plot is based on an original research paper Tim Symonds published, titled ‘A Vital Detail In The Story Of Albert Einstein’.
The author’s other detective novels include Sherlock Holmes and The Dead Boer at Scotney Castle and Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Bulgarian Codex.