Tony Parsons

Born in 1955 in Essex, England, Tony Parsons started working for the NME (New Musical Express) as a punk journalist in 1976, going on the road with bands like Sex Pistols. He married and divorced fellow journalist, Julie Burchill. They had a son, Bobby Parsons, together. It is widely believed that Parsons' novel Man and Boy (2002) is semi-autobiographical He has now re-married, and lives in London. Still working as a journalist, he has a regular column in The Mirror and participates in the BBC arts programme, Late Review (1994). Throughout his career, he has also written for The Daily Mail, GQ, The Face, Arena, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The Sunday Times and Elle. His second novel, "One For My Baby", was published in 2001, and his third, "The Family Way", in 2004.