Tonia Cope Bowley

Born in South Africa, of a Yorkshire father and South African mother, I grew up on an idyllic little farm above Van Reenen's Pass, Orange Free State, South Africa. Always a dreamer I started scribbling stories for my mother as soon as I could write. Through the local Zulus my eyes were opened to the plight of the poor when I was very young.

By chance of circumstance I have lived in England since 1973 and since early retirement from Oxford University my main focus has been writing. See WWW.toniacopebowley.co.uk

BOOKS IN PRINT

2017: Biography

ONE MAN THREE LIVES - The man who would never give up

ISBN 978-0-9935332-0-4

Full colour, pages 336. £15.99

2012, Biography suited to teens and sdults

FROM A STREET KID - Stephen Lungu's incredible Life-Journey

ISBN: 978-1-78003-3808

2006, Self help

RSI – HOW TO AVOID IT and what to do if you’ve got it

ISBN: 1-897312-23-7

Colour

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COMING SOON

Quiet Kumalo - Fiction suited to 6 to adult

2007 - Won first prize in a short story competition in South Africa. This is currently being illustrated for publication.

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My first published book - 1982 : Computing using Basic; An Interactive Approach (Ellis & Hardwood Ltd) which became their best selling technical book - over 16,000 copies sold.

Books in print

One Man Three

Computing using Basic; An Interactive approach

Published 1982, Computing Technical

Ellis & Hardwood Ltd

ISBN:0-85312-289-X

My latest book, published in 2017 is a biography of my father, Frederick Cope entitled

ONE MAN THREE LIVES - The man who would never give up. Launched on 25 March 2017 at St Cross College, Oxford, favourable feedback is arriving daily.

2012, is a biography: ‘From a Street Kid - Stephen Lungu's incredible life-journey’ (PenPress). This is a must-read. Stephen Lungu, a rejected and abandoned child becomes a Street Kid and leader of a violent and feared gang. Today he is a respected and internationally renowned speaker and leader of African Enterprise that operates throughout Africa. How can this be?

The book, aimed primarily at teens, especially the neglected, rejected, lonely and those caught up in drugs, is being read by all ages.

Other writings: www.toniacopebowley.co.uk

In 1981, at Oxford University, my book: ‘Computing using Basic; An Interactive approach’, (Ellis Horwood), based on my lectures, became Horwood’s best selling technical book. Numerous stories for my children followed, as yet unpublished. ‘Quiet Kumalo’ won first prize in a short story competition in South Africa (2007). Currently it is being illustrated as a children’s book.

In 2001, due to chronic Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), my Oxford career of 28 years ended abruptly. Free from the constraints of institutional employment, I have been fulfilling my dream of creative writing. Aware of the growing problem of RSI in our technological world I published a self help book:

‘RSI - How to avoid it - and what to do if you've got it’ (2006 - Spire).

I live in rural Oxfordshire, UK, with my husband, Stephen. We have two adult sons. In 1988, we, Stephen and Tonia, founded The Thembisa Trust with the aim of giving a chance in life to some of the poorest in South Africa. See www.thembisatrust.org