Stephanie McCarthy is a South Australian author who has been writing for the page, stage, screen and radio for 35 years. She has been a book reviewer and is a teacher of both adults and children, conducting creative writing workshops. This biography of Tom Price led her along an eight-year path of research in Wales, Liverpool and South Australia. Historians from Adelaide, Wales and even Cornwall have pitched in to share their knowledge. Notwithstanding, she remained determined to ensure that Tom the man springs as relevant from the page as if he were living amongst us today.