Tony Dwyer was in born in 1971 in Bristol, in the West of England, and spent his childhood immersed in folklore, mythology, the stories of Diana Wynne Jones and Edith Nesbit and various teatime children’s drama and science fiction television series of the 1970s and 1980s, imagining and writing stories of his own. Now, many years later, he lives in Oxfordshire with his husband Stewart and cat Boris, and is still writing.
He still admires and enjoys many of the stories he enjoyed as a child, although often he sees different things in them now than he did then, and that’s why he’s come to understand that there’s no reason why stories written for children shouldn’t be enjoyed by adults too, if the adults in question will only let themselves enjoy them. There are so many straight lines and sharp edges in this world now, and precious little mystery and magic left; he sees it as his job to do his bit to bring some of the magic back, and hopes his efforts will be welcome.
Or maybe he’s just a daft old hippie who likes writing stories. Your call.