Tom Palmer (author)
Tom Palmer is a British author of children's books. Palmer was born in Leeds. He cites football articles for getting him interested in reading as a child. He was encouraged to read by his adoptive-mother, who died in 1992 at the age of 54. He graduated from university and worked in libraries and book shops before becoming a published author. He published his first book in 2002. His first children's book for Puffin, Foul Play was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award in 2009. In 2018, Palmer wrote a new book for the Roy of the Rovers series. In 2019, he received the Ruth Rendell Award. In 2020, he published his 50th book. In 2021, Palmer's book After the War was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Palmer currently lives in Halifax. He is a supporter of Leeds United F.C. and has written a book titled If You're Proud to be a Leeds Fan. Select bibliography 
Palmer has written books on various sports including football, fell-running, cricket, rugby; various themes including refugees, fair-trade young carers and across many historical periods :
 Defenders : Pitch Invasion - Iron Age Celts
 Defenders : Dark Arena - Roman Britain
 Defenders : Killing Ground -Vikings and Anglo Saxons 
 Secret FC - Medieval
 Flyboy & Over the Line & Armistice Runner - First World War
 Spitfire & D-Day Dog (2019) & After the War:from Auschwitz to Ambleside (2020) & Arctic Star (2021) & Resist (2022) - Second World War

Football Academy series 

 Teamwork (prequel)
 Boys United 
 Striking Out 
 Reading the Game 
 The Real Thing 
 Free Kick
 Captain Fantastic

Foul Play series 

 Foul Play
 Dead Ball
 Offside
 Killer Pass
 Own Goal

References 

Writers from Leeds
English male novelists
21st-century British novelists
1960s births
Living people