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Tommy Kennedy IV is a Warrington-born writer who carries the scars of a life lived. He did not find his stories in an office; he found them building walls, breaking laws, and roaming the world for fifteen years across Europe, India, and South America. Before he began studying for his Creative Writing degree, he was a bricklayer, a hustler, and an outlaw who learned the price of every choice up close.

Tommy writes in a gritty noir style, crafting narratives soaked in working-class pride, resilience, and dark humour. His prose blends raw, lived detail with the rhythm of real-life reflection, ensuring every page feels earned. The unvarnished truth found in his work, including the memoir Nightmare in Jamaica, has earned his three books a permanent place in the British Library.

He deleted social media to focus solely on his craft. New stories and reflections arrive regularly on his blog.