IN the space of a few years Swindon children’s author and illustrator Steve Antony went from working in a call centre to being feted on both sides of the Atlantic and appearing in the New York Times best seller list.
In May he added to a growing list of accolades when X-Files star Gillian Anderson presented him with the Evening Standard Oscar’s First Book Prize for his picture book, The Queen’s Hat.
“It was completely surreal and I was shocked to win,” he said.
“I’m a hard-core X-Files fan so it was great to meet Gillian.”
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