John Rigby-Jones was educated at Sherborne School and read classics at Oriel College, Oxford. After qualifying as a chartered accountant he spent 35 years in the private healthcare industry before retiring at 60 in 2015. Since then he has spent much of his time researching his family's history and in particular the life of his grandfather, Eric Rigby-Jones, who died before he was born. His first book, 'Best Love To All', about Eric's experiences as a young officer on the Western Front, was published by Helion & Company in 2017.