Dublin-born Tom Galvin was educated at University College Dublin and St Patrick's College, Maynooth and graduated with a BA in English and Philosophy and MA in Philosophy. He also studied for a City & Guilds professional qualification in photography.

 In 1994 he went with APSO (Agency for Personal Service Overseas), the state body for development overseas, to Poland to work as a teacher in a state school where he began writing regularly for the 'Warsaw Voice', the English language paper for Poland and Central Europe and contributed to programmes on Poland's English language service on Radio Polonia.

 He left Poland after five years and worked as a staff writer (and later editor) for 'In Dublin' magazine as well as contributing travel features to other titles and wrote for the opinion section of the 'Evening Herald'. In 2004 he worked as arts/culture editor for 'Village' magazine while also contributing photo-driven features.

 In 2007, while editor of the Evening Herald’s Polish section, he published his account of life in Poland in his book 'There’s an Egg in My Soup' (O’Brien Press).

His other great passion is music, and Tom plays regularly in live venues and at festivals.

 He lives in Wicklow with his wife Asia and twins, Alex and Alicia.

His second book 'Gabriel's Gate' will be published in October. 

You can follow Tom via:

 www.tomgalvin.com