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Tony Brenna

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Tony is a veteran journalist who is now writing thrillers, novels that reflect his five decades working for newspapers and magazines globally. He has lived in the US for the past 56 years, after emigrating from his British home in 1964. He previously published a biography of one of the stars of the “Dallas” television series (“Victoria Principal,” St. Martin's Press, 1989).
He worked as editor and reporter for local weeklies in England and on London’s Fleet Street reporting for national daily and Sunday papers. He rose through the ranks to deputy editor at World's Press News, the trade journal of the British press. As Deputy Editor of Creel, the UK's first full-color monthly angling magazine, he commissioned and edited articles, and handled
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Tony Brenna It provides the opportunity to give full reign to my imagination. It leads me into new worlds. I learn, too, as I write. It allows me to recall me to …moreIt provides the opportunity to give full reign to my imagination. It leads me into new worlds. I learn, too, as I write. It allows me to recall me to recalls the personalities and characters I have met in my life.
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