Thomas Morris is a writer and historian. His first book, The Matter of the Heart (2017), a critically acclaimed history of heart surgery, won a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for non-fiction. The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth (2018) was chosen by Mental Floss as one of the best books of the year. The Dublin Railway Murder (2021), a meticulous reconstruction of a real-life Victorian murder mystery, was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction.
Before becoming a full-time writer in 2015, Thomas worked as a BBC producer for eighteen years, spending five of them as producer of Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time. His journalism has appeared in publications including The Times, The Lancet and the TLS. He lives in Bristol.