Anton Gill / Oliver Bowden

Anton Gill is a British author, who has become a full time professional writer since 1984, with 35 published books. The author was born in 1948, in Ilford, Essex. He was the only child of a German father and an English mother and he lost both his parents in the year1995. His father was an engineer, while his mother taught Drama, English, and Russian. His early years of childhood were spent in Bamberg, Germany. Anton speaks good German and French, and sketchy Spanish and Italian. He got his education between 1960 and 1966 at Chigwell School, in Essex. During his school years Anton was involved in a lot of acting and this is the reason that made him decide to go into the theatre. His higher education was pursued between 1967 and 1970 at Clare College, Cambridge. There he did more acting and directing, running the Fine Art Society and becoming the president of the Amateur Dramatic Club of the college. He graduated in English Literature. While at Cambridge, become friend with Salman Rushdie, who thought him playing drama. Anton Gill also worked in theatre with David Hare.