An East London Grammar School education followed by 3 years at Oxford as an organ scholar, sharing tutorials with the late Dudley Moore, provided the backcloth to my chequered career!  But subsequent years with cynical session musicians and work in heavy London night clubs and pubs gave a dramatic twist to life and led, perhaps, to my current thinking and philosophy.

Tony Sharp's Books With A Laugh
An Oxford University graduate, I embarked on a teaching career before moving into the pop/jazz music scene. After two years back at Oxford as University Organist, I gave harpsichord “recitals” on CBC, BBC and in the South Bank concert halls of London. Writing now gives me some measure of sanity!

My previous book, "The Guv'nor", published by Regency Press is now, unfortunately, out of print. Since The House Of Baghdad, I have penned 2 more novels, a political satire and a love/thriller story. Both are set in England, the former bravely and amusingly challenging the boring confines of 'political correctness' which still permeate the old Country and the latter tracing the love, marriage and traumas of a Jewish fashion designer and her German husband who heads a powerful arms empire facing a serios threat from Middle Eastern infiltration. Yet the couple and their two children survive the machinations of governments, police and secret services, to say nothing of the antics of a third child who would bring shame upon the whole family. Intrigue and human concerns keep the reader entertained. And last but not least, I have now finished my autobiography which traces my life as a professional musician. My chequered but colourful career has enabled me to review the past with a relaxed philosophical eye. Written with I hope delightful candour and wit, I cover the years from my choirboy days, through work and close encounters with the famous and infamous, to life in a Spanish village and the dubious pleasures of altercations with the wicked over my beloved Steinway piano.