I was a televison news editor for the last 25 years, and decided that now might be a good time to try writing a book... Always thought there was a book somewhere inside. If I knew how tough it it would be getting it out though, I probably wouldn't have attempted in the first place...glad I did, but what a job! Influences: Jeffery Deaver, Caleb Carr, Stephen King, John Grisham, David Niven, Neil Finn, Peter Gabriel, Monty Python, Calvin and Hobbes, Larry Sanders, Michael Scott, Alexander Keith, After two years of research and another year of pen to paper (or in this case finger to keyboard), I was able to produce my first novel "The Judas Apocalypse."  Available through Amazon, I Publish Press and Barnes and Noble.   My second novel "Can't Buy Me Love" was released on Sept. 12 2012.  Available through Amazon.com, Pulse and Barnes and Noble.   Check out this interview from the Tony Kay Show on ArtistFirst World Radio: http://66.49.193.35/Tony_Kay_Show_2008-09-23_Dan_McNeil.mp3

Mostly songwriting contests...(Canadian) National Songwriting Contest(3 times a finalist); Nashville Songwriters Association International Grand Prize 2002; Great Canadian Talent Search 2003; I Publish Press Inaugural Novel Contest Grand Prize winner