Tom Anderson is a successful competitive surfer and writes for several surfing magazines . His much praised first book Riding the Magic Carpet – A Surfer’s Odyssey to Finding the Perfect Wave (Summersdale, 2006) was followed by Chasing Dean – Surfing America’s Hurricane States (Summersdale, 2009) and in the following year Grey Skies, Green Waves – A Surfer’s Journey Around the UK (Summersdale, 2012).
Most recently Tom has turned to fiction with The Actaeon Tide (Parthian, 2014) and a Young Adult title Luca, Son of theMorning (Accent, 2016). Tom also ghostwrites for sportspeople.