Tim Rayborn

Tim Rayborn is an acclaimed and prolific writer of books on many different topics. He has written nearly fifty books for eight publishers about music, the arts, history, the paranormal, mythology, how-to books, and several other topics. In addition, he works as a ghost writer, editor, and book coach. He lived in England for nearly seven years and has a PhD from the University of Leeds.

He’s also an internationally acclaimed musician who plays dozens of unusual instruments, including medieval instrument reconstructions and folk instruments from Northern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East. He has appeared on over forty recordings, and his musical wanderings and tours have taken him across the US, all over Europe, and to Canada and Australia.

His recent books include The Scary Book of Christmas Lore, Northern Mythology, The Scary Book of Valentine’s Day Lore, and Sip and Sensibility: An Inspired Literary Cocktail Collection.

His books are held in several major libraries, including: Oxford, Cambridge, the British Library, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, among many others.

www.timrayborn.com