Tony Collins started at Hodder & Stoughton in 1974, the first editor to
come in 'off the street' in the company's long history. He then trained
as a missionary, but was unable to go to Brazil as planned because of
the health of one of his children. He returned to the world of
publishing, where he has since worked for MARC Europe, Kingsway,
Monarch, Angus Hudson, Lion Hudson and SPCK, and has been responsible
for starting several imprints including Monarch Books and Lion Fiction.
He has owned three magazines. He has published for dozens of
distinguished authors, and three of his books have won Christian Book of
the Year. He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Association of Christian Writers. In addition to his work in the UK he
has travelled on behalf of Media Associates International to Benin,
Mali, the Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Italy, Russia, Burkina Faso and
Kenya, presenting seminars on aspects of publishing in English and
French. In June 2022 he will be speaking at the Jubilee Conference of
the Association of Christian Writers, and in November 2021 he spoke at
the Brechin Book Festival. He has spent decades surviving the choppy
waters of Christian publishing. This book may leave you wondering how.