John Tipler

Johnny Tipler is a freelance writer who was born in Leicester, lived in Leeds as a child, and grew up in Chelmsford.

He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and then Southend College of Art. After a career in public relations and journalism ranging from hotel promotion to motor racing, he enrolled at Stirling University in Scotland as a mature student.

He also attended the University of East Anglia studying art history but after a brief career as a conservator of medieval wall paintings he went back into motoring journalism. He has been writing books since 1990, with over 30 published on a variety of motor vehicles, including Morgan, TVR, Lotus, Caterham and Alfa Romeo sports cars, Land Rovers, Triumph and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, plus several on Lotus formula 1 cars, as well as biographies of racing drivers Graham Hill, Ronnie Peterson and Ayrton Senna.

He freelances for 911 & Porsche World magazine and Land Rover Owner.

Before writing books he conserved medieval wall paintings in churches.