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John ‘The Neck’ Houchin (Author)
Standing at 6ft 1in and almost as wide with a 23 inch neck, John 'The Neck' Houchin, as he was aptly known, rose from boarding school graduate to a club bouncing brawler in the 70s and 80s minding the roughest and toughest of London's torrid and sometimes ungovernable dancehalls. Now 56 and living in Yorkshire, this is his first book.

Lee Wortley (Author)
Lee Wortley is a musician and writer from Grimsby, who began writing songs as a daily past-time. In 2012, he developed a penchant for writing non-fiction, and began writing a series of books on noteworthy crime figures. To date, Lee has had a trio of major publications, including work with the late Paula Salvador on Charles Bronson.

Anthony Thomas (Author)
Anthony Thomas is a minder, bouncer, author and local historian from Merthyr Tydfil. Anthony has had a brace of bestselling publications, including his own life story entitled Total Respect: My Life on the Doors, which spent many weeks as a number one bestseller on Amazon.