Background
The son of the Western Mail rugby union writer JBG Thomas, he was educated at Cardiff High School.
The son of the Western Mail rugby union writer JBG Thomas, he was educated at Cardiff High School.
He graduated from University College, Cardiff in 1967, obtaining his Master of Arts
After completing a thesis on Thomas Hardy. Most of Thomas"s novels are set within MI6 and feature the characters of Sir Kenneth Aubrey and Patrick Hyde. His best-known novel was Firefox, which brought him to global prominence and spawned a successful film adaptation, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
After publishing his third novel, the Cold War espionage thriller Wolfsbane, he left teaching altogether, in 1977.
His later books include Snow Falcon and A Different War. Shortly before his death he finished a two-volume commentary on German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
He died on 4 April 2011 from pneumonia, following a short battle with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 68.