Tony Stringfellow

Tony Stringfellow was born 21 May 1957 in the midlands living in Wolverhampton for most of his life. He is an author, poet, artist and sculptor.

He wrote his first poem "The Beauty in War" when he was 14 years of age.

Stringfellow started a business with his second wife making costumes and props for the entertainment industry. He worked in this industry for over 20 years, making puppets and props for legendary performers such as Ken Dodd, Timmy Mallett, Joe Pasquali and many more, his work has appearing on almost every stage in the country and numerous television programs including a number of Royal Variety Shows.

It was when his eldest daughter, Holly, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of twelve, that he made the decision to concentrate his efforts on his writing career. Since that point his book The Wizard’s Gown about the writings of pop icon Marc Bolan has been acclaimed and his own collection of poetry, Silent Solitudes and an audio CD of his work, Naked Therapy has been well received, even featuring in a living exhibition of poetry at The Poetry House in New York.

Stringfellow performs regularly with a Shropshire based poetry collective, Spoken Worlds as well as in his own right and has a number of projects soon to be published, including more poetry, adult fiction and children’s stories. He has five children and now lives in Shropshire with his wife.

From 2009-2010, Stringfellow served as the Chairman of the Shifnal Festival.