Tony Edwards wrote his first novel in 2002, if you ignore a three-page tome about a magician he penned when he was six - as everyone else did at the time. Wilson Lacigam's Bentley was published in paperback in May 2003 and has since been the focus of over six hours of radio exposure and many hundreds of column inches in newspapers.

His second novel, A Gentle Wind, was published two years later in June 2005.

Starting out as a journalist, Edwards launched himself as a publicity consultant and became the power behind the birth of Carnaby Street and the so-called 'Swinging London' movement. He 'invented' and still runs the annual 'Rear of the Year' awards and a broad spectrum of high-profile media campaigns.

For two years, during the 1970's, he wrote television comedy for 'Two Ronnies', Dave Allen and other comedians of the same era. As a result of this short foray into the fringes of show business, he has since worked with many star names on national publicity campaigns.

He still regularly grabs the news headlines for an impressive list of PR clients and his latest novel, Dark Glasses, focuses on the publicity industry and how it supports the fake and fragile world of 'Celebrity'.

Married with two sons, Edwards lives in a Tudor house in Surrey with his former-actress wife Greta, a dog called Bertie and the ghost of a monk who prefers to remain anonymous. He drives three classic cars, including a 1958 Bentley which was 'borrowed' by the title character in Wilson Lacigam's Bentley. He's currently working on his fourth novel, The Elders.