Antony Francis Donoghue was born and raised in London. A poet and novelist residing in East London, he has been writing ever since he was a curly little blonde boy sat at an old typewriter. He finished his first story when he was eleven and has been writing ever since. His first collection of poetry was published in 2009. Love, Life And a Fish Called Sydney is a mix of lyrical, dark, brooding modern poems. When he was 15 years old he had the ideas of villains known as The Venoms. Then the story started to evolve. 10 years later, the book was finished and is the best work of his career. Antony Donoghue's influences include Tim Burton, Brandon Flowers, John Grisham, Martin Scorcese. An avid fighter for creativity instead of anti socialism, he claims that a pen can be just as powerful as a knife and can do so much good rather than evil.