Tony Gwinnell was born in the UK and worked in England, Bermuda, the US, Spain, Singapore and Australia during his career as a Marine, Oil and Gas Insurance specialist. He and his American wife, Susan, have lived in New Orleans, LA, San Francisco, CA, Sarasota, FL, Austin, TX and Houston, TX. Tony served in the British military in Hong Kong and Gibraltar. His love of travel remains unabated and he recently visited his 114th country. Besides writing books, this is number five, he paints and sculpts and, of course, travels.