Grey, Anthony.

Anthony Grey was born on 5/7/1938 in Norwich. He came to world attention in the late 1960s when, as a Reuters correspondent he spent two years as a hostage in Peking, where he had been sent to cover the Cultural Revolution. This gruesome period (July 1967 - October 1969) resulted in his first book, Hostage in Peking, published in 1970; and Crosswords from Peking and Chinese puzzles were the result of over 300 crosswords which Grey compiled while in Peking. His other works include a book of short stories A man alone ; novels, Some put their trust in chariots, The Bulgarian exclusive, The Chinese assassin, Saigon, Peking, The Bangkok secret, The naked angels, and Tokyo Bay ; non-fiction books including The Prime Minister was a spy ; short stories, articles and reviews which appeared in publications like Playboy, Punch, Illustrated London News, etc.

From 1974-1979 Grey was a regular presenter of the BBC World Service daily programme of international affairs Twenty-four hours .

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