John Symon's first two books, Stranger on the Shore and This Life of Grace, were inspired by his experience of living with Huntington's Disease from which his Father died after suffering from it for twenty-five years.In 2019 John brought out a new book that combines the stories of his parents, Love is His Meaning: Two lives, one marriage. John's fourth book, The Devil's Dance, an adventure story, deals with eternal themes of friendship and enmity, faithfulness and betrayal, cruelty and kindness, bullying and self-sacrifice, and living in a one-parent family. It appeals to adults and teenagers alike.John grew up in a loving, unassuming family in Devon, who gave him a wonderful education there and at Oxford. He is a historian and worked as an executive and life coach with people usually in top, isolated jobs, in all manner of businesses and predicaments.