Tony Bradman

Tony Bradman was born in south London, where he grew up and went to school. After leaving Cambridge University, he became a journalist and worked in the pop music press for several years.

In 1980, he launched the Parents children's book review pages, breaking new ground in the coverage of children's books in a national magazine.

Tony's first book was published in 1984 and, in 1987, he became a full-time author of both children's and adult's books. He has written fiction, poetry and edited a number of highly successful anthologies, and continues to write about and review children's books, mostly for The Daily Telegraph. As a life-long Beatles and John Lennon fan, he has also written a profile of the singer for children.

Tony Bradman lives in Beckenham with his wife, three children and a juvenile delinquent cat called Rufus.