
Born to extremely violent alcoholic parents, from the age of 10 Jonny was working till 11pm peeling potatoes for chip shops to help pay the bills. Walking home by 12am, to be up at 6am, to walk for 30 minutes to catch a coach for an hour long drive to a school. In and out of care homes, and exhausted from working or beatings form parents, he was placed in a 'remedial' classes at school because they thought he was learning disabled. Homeless at 14 he lived by breaking into caravans and petty crime.Not being able to get 'No fixed Address' benefit till 16, crime was the natural alternative. Jonny has lived in squats in big cites and in rural areas, with crack heads and all number of low life companions, Further life choices of the bad kind had him involved with a crime syndicate that ultimately ended with a stay in prison by 18. Learning to read and write in prison, Jonny has a vibrant approach to literature. His debut novel Malice in Blunderland now has a cult following has a distinctive style, scattered with deliberate errors that enhance the content, while his Novella Remember to Forget has a flowing lyrical and crafted beauty.