Antony J. Stanton was born in South London in 1970. Even as a child he always wanted to
flex his creative muscles and publish a novel, but having watched the
film ‘Top Gun’ he was swayed into a becoming a military pilot. After no
more than a glancing blow of a career in the RAF he decided that his
long term future lay elsewhere and he became a commercial pilot, and
remains thus to this day.
The itch of publication never quite got scratched however.
Stanton
still harboured strong desires to write. During a skiing holiday with
three friends a bet was made amongst the four. Each had a task to fulfil within the year – Stanton’s was to write a book. A little late, but
five years on and that itch has finally been scratched. Three times;
although it still remains a little tickly – there may be more scratching to do yet.
And all it took was the impetus of a mildly inebriated challenge to spur him to
fulfil his creative dream... He still lives in South London and is very
much looking forward to watching his friend fulfilling his part of the challenge: demonstrating his (not-so) newly acquired breakdancing skills, surely a sight to behold.
