Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast

Tony Parsons began his career in journalism writing about bands for New Musical Express. He has won awards for his work in both magazines for men (Arena, GQ) and women (Elle). He currently writes a weekly column for the Daily Mirror and the monthly Fight or Flight? column in GQ. He is the author of eight bestselling novels, including Man and Boy, winner of the Book of the Year prize and translated into 41 languages, most recently Chinese. He lives in north London with his wife and daughter. He still gets excited when he sees his byline in print.

Praise for On Life, Death and Breakfast: 'a book so enjoyable and thought-provoking you won't want it to end!You'll laugh out loud, agree like mad and maybe even shed a tear or two -- a read not to be missed' The Sun Praise for his novels: 'Funny and touching' Woman and Home 'From the author of Man and Boy comes this honest and funny story of a man whose life is transformed when he's given a 19-year-old's heart' Heat 'Tony Parsons is the master of the bittersweet love story' Red 'Parsons has created a much bigger and more compelling book. It's a major achievement' Mirror 'Funny, serious, tender and honest!Tony Parsons is writing about the genuine dilemmas of modern life' Sunday Express 'He takes as his specialist subject contemporary emotional issues which almost every other male writer has ignored' Guardian 'Memorable and poignant -- nobody squeezes more genuine emotion from a scene than Tony Parsons' Spectator