Richard Thomas lives on the Isle of Wight with his wife, Kelly, and their four children. 'Forever the Colours' is his début novel and he is currently working on the next in the series, 'Flying the Colours'.  He is currently due to finish this by the Summer and will then continue on his other work, The Stretcher Bearer - a story of the horrors of WW1 and a young man of the RAMC and his paranormal encounter whilst stuck in no man's land.