Tony Cowell

Tony Cowell

Tony Cowell (born circa 1950) is a British author who co-edited books such as his brother's Simon Cowell autobiography, "I Don't Mean to be Rude, but...".

Biography

Cowell was born to Julie Cowell in her first marriage to an actor, a marriage that also produced brother Michael. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-488637/Revealed-secrets-Simon-Cowells-youth-mother.html] When Tony was 6 years old his mother married Eric Cowell, with which she would give birth to music critic Simon Cowell and property developer Nicholas Cowell. Simon idolized his older brother Tony from a young age and bought his first album "She loves you" by The Beatles, because his older brother had recently bought that same album. [*cite news |first=Lisa |last=Sewards |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=I was Simon's first idol, says Cowell's elder brother
url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-472761/I-Simons-idol-says-Cowells-elder-brother.html |work=Daily Mail |publisher= |date= 02 August 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-30 ]

Cowell was supposed to be one of the judges of a literary talent TV show [*cite news |first=Martin |last=Delgado |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Aspiring novelists to get their own reality TV show
url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-457921/Aspiring-novelists-reality-TV-show.html |work=Daily Mail |publisher= |date=27 May 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-30 ] [*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Lit Idol begins search for author |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4031975.stm |work=BBC News |publisher= |date= 22 November, 2004, 11:55 GMT |accessdate=2008-08-30 ] and he worked on Michael Barrymore's autobiography until they had a falling out. [http://www.nowpublic.com/barrymore_cops_seize_death_tapes] Cowell also involved in a controversy regarding the autobiography of Sir Alan Sugar. [http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/pandora/pound1m-autobiography-claim-elicits-a-sugary-response-418456.html]

Books

* The Secret Diary of Simon Cowell (2008)
* I Hate to Be Rude, But . . .: The Simon Cowell Book of Nasty Comments (2006)
* Is It Just Me Or Is Everyone Famous?: From A-List to Z-List and How to Make it Yourself (2006)

References


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