Tony Berry

A lifelong journalist in the UK and Australia, Tony eventually got around to penning the novel (Done Deal) he had long hankered to write but had never found time to start. It met immediate success by winning a New South Wales Genre Fiction Award.A sequel, Washed Up, followed a year later and that, too, won a NSW Genre Fiction Award plus a mentorship from the Australian Society of Authors. He is now working on the third book in the series - all crime novels and all set in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond - while being kept busy as a professional editor of other writers' works.He has also turned to non-fiction with the enthralling story (From Paupers To iPads) of his search for lost ancestors and their hitherto unknown stories.Tony's other main pursuit is long-distance running and he recently broke the Australian age-group record for the half-marathon and, during a trip to the UK, became the year's fastest runner in his age group for the 10km, 10 miles and the half-marathon.