Tim Darcy Ellis (BA BSc, MHSc) is a writer, physiotherapy business owner and formerly a professional archaeologist. His critically acclaimed debut, 'The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives' is a fast-paced and meticulously researched historical novel. It brings back to life the largely forgotten Vives, a Spanish Jew and leading Renaissance humanist. Based on real events "The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives," is 'faction as fiction,' and was named as one of the Top 100 Indie books of the year by Kirkus Reviews in December 2020. Award-winning narrator, Peter Noble delivers a stunning performance in the audiobook (to be released late Jan 2021). He takes the role and voice of Juan Luis Vives as he navigates the Tudor Court and encounters the well-known and well-loved characters of the realm of Henry VIII. Tim is passionate about bringing his love of history, archaeology and philosophy together: and to express it by writing great fiction. As a child in his family home in Surrey, England, Tim spent hours thumbing through historical books and encyclopaedias. He became especially fascinated with the Tudors: Henry VIII and his six wives, the rise of the Renaissance, and the power struggles between the court factions; driven by relentless ambition and religious ideology. Tim majored in Medieval Archaeology at the University of York (1985-1988). As a professional archaeologist, He worked on sites throughout England and Wales, including the excavations of London's Roman amphitheatre at the Guildhall (1988-90). Tim held posts at the Museum of London and was a tour guide at the British Museum's medieval galleries. It was during this period that he developed a lifelong fascination with England's immigrant communities—their struggles, conflicts, failures and, ultimately, their successes. 'The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Lives' is the first part of Tim's Sephardic Trilogy. The trilogy that explores the role of the key men and women whose life's work was pivotal in enabling the official resettlement of the Jews in England - and her colonies in the 1650s.