Tony Abbott (author)

Tony Abbott (author)

Tony Abbott is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series "The Secrets of Droon", which includes over 30 books. He has sold over 6 million copies of his books and they have been translated into several other languages, including Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese and Russian. [http://www.tonyabbottbooks.com/about_tony.html About Tony] from Abbott's website]

Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952. His father was also a writer, and there were lots of books in the house. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Connecticut where he went through elementary school and high school.

Abbot studied at the the University of Connecticut. After trying music, and psychology, he decided to study English—which in the end he got his bachelor's degree in.

References

External links

* [http://www.tonyabbottbooks.com/ Abbott's official website]


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