Tony Watson

Tony’s love affair with the written word began with Little Golden Books, moved through Asterix at the Olympic Games and HSC English literature and onto graffiti on the toilet walls at university.  He’s a fan of popular culture, all things sport - not just league and a bit of cricket during the summer - particularly the Sydney Swans, Sydney FC, St George Illawarra Dragons, the Toronto Blue Jays, Liverpool FC and Kings XI Punjab.  He can usually be found on a weekend at a local park cheering his son at cricket or soccer on or playing himself.  He’s a huge music fan and believes that there are only two kinds of music, good and bad.  Although if it’s heavy metal the odds are much greater that it’ll be good.

He studied linguistics, literature and communication at university and is one of the few who understands functional grammar.  His school reports always said “Tony is easily distracted”, which is teacher-speak for “he talks too much”, something that has held in him good stead in most of his career moves since. 
He experienced his 15 minutes a few years ago, when an innocuous letter to the Sydney Morning Herald resulted in him and his wife becoming minor celebrities among readers for a few months.  He’s a proud husband and father and is most annoyed by shallow people and those who do go through life without ever stopping to consider anyone but themselves.