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- Tony Kenrick was born on August 23, 1935 in Sydney, Australia. Tony is a writer, known for Shanghai Surprise (1986) and Nobody's Perfekt (1981).
- SpouseJoan May Wells(April 13, 1960 - ?) (2 children)
- Kenrick was an advertising executive from Sydney, Australia, who later became a suspense/thriller author. He lived in Canada, the US, and Europe. He worked for many years in advertising before becoming a writer. He and his Welsh wife and their two children lived in Weston, Connecticut. His advertising background is clearly evident, and even parodied, in his novel "Two Lucky People," in which the protagonist, Harry, is an advertising agent. He suggests a wacky television ad which consternates his boss, but which also wins over their very wealthy client. After that, the boss treats Harry very nicely. Even readers ignorant of the cut-throat world of advertising have found this early scene in the novel to be hilarious.
- Film rights for Kenrick's novel "The Seven Day Soldiers" were purchased, to be directed by Robert Aldrich and to star Steve McQueen, but the film was never made. [Publisher's information provided on dust jacket.].
- Film rights for his novel "Glitterbug" were purchased by Tri-Star Pictures to be a vehicle for Bruce Willis, but the film was never made. [Publisher's information provided on dust jacket.].
- Film rights for his novel "Stealing Lillian" were purchased, but the film was never made.
- Kenrick's photographed face appears on many of his books' inner dust-jackets. For example, Kenrick shows no smile even by the time that his fame and career had arrived. It is fun to enjoy his portraits evolving from when he had long dark hair, a beard, and sunglasses, until when he had short gray hair. He appears to pose for the camera uncomfortably and with an almost-joking scowl.
- I made the decision to become a writer after reading three works in the same day: Dante's Inferno, Goethe's Faust, and Hamlet. I said to myself, 'Hell, I can do better than this junk.'
- I hated being a lumberjack; those shirts itch something awful. And I was a failure as a boxer, too. I was what's known in the fight game as a crier; whenever I got hit, I'd burst into tears. They'd work on me feverishly between rounds, but they could never stanch the flow. [Kenrick was never a logger nor a prize-fighter; this is a typical example of his humor, and very typical of the humor he writes for his narrator characters.]
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