Tony Berry is a lifelong career journalist who has worked on national magazines and daily newspapers in his native Britain and in Australia, where he has made his home for several decades. He has written four previous crime fiction books featuring disgraced secret service agent Bromo Perkins, and a family history based on numerous research trips exploring the places where his ancestors once lived.
His first novel, Done Deal, was short-listed for the New South Wales Genre Fiction Award. So, too, was the sequel Washed Up, which also secured him a mentorship with the Australian Society of Authors. Since then he has written three more tales of Bromo Perkins' adventures. In 2017 he was one of eight writers chosen worldwide for the inaugural crime fiction residency at the Banff Centre for Excellence in Canada.
As an accredited professional editor in Australia and the UK Tony also edits fiction and non-fiction in a wide range of genres. He is completing his second memoir, Celtic Skeletons. For recreation he battles the curse of ageing as he tries to maintain his status as an elite masters' athlete at national and international level over distances from 3000 metres to the marathon.
His first novel, Done Deal, was short-listed for the New South Wales Genre Fiction Award. So, too, was the sequel Washed Up, which also secured him a mentorship with the Australian Society of Authors. Since then he has written three more tales of Bromo Perkins' adventures. In 2017 he was one of eight writers chosen worldwide for the inaugural crime fiction residency at the Banff Centre for Excellence in Canada.
As an accredited professional editor in Australia and the UK Tony also edits fiction and non-fiction in a wide range of genres. He is completing his second memoir, Celtic Skeletons. For recreation he battles the curse of ageing as he tries to maintain his status as an elite masters' athlete at national and international level over distances from 3000 metres to the marathon.
