{"id":98,"date":"2026-11-03T07:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T07:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookpublish.online\/anthonyleigh\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2026-11-03T08:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:13:38","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bookpublish.online\/anthonyleigh\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"98\" class=\"elementor elementor-98\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20bc9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20bc9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50fa08d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"50fa08d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- =====================================================================\n  ABOUT THE AUTHOR \u00b7 inner page\n  Paste the whole file into ONE HTML widget, or split it at the\n  \"SECTION\" comments. 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Seeker. Storyteller.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"nji-scroll\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<!-- ===================== SECTION 2 \u00b7 HIS STORY ===================== -->\n<section class=\"nji\">\n  <div class=\"nji-wrap nja2-grid\">\n    <div class=\"nja2-photo\" data-r=\"1\">\n      <div class=\"nja2-frame\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bookpublish.online\/anthonyleigh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/16567d4e-6f9b-4863-8935-2c31819c82c8.webp\" alt=\"Anthony John Leigh\" loading=\"lazy\">\n      <\/div>\n      <p class=\"nja2-cap\">Anthony John Leigh<small>Melbourne, Australia<\/small><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div>\n      <p class=\"nji-eyebrow\" data-r=\"1\">His story<\/p>\n      <h2 class=\"nji-h2\" data-r=\"2\">A life written <em>in his own words<\/em><\/h2>\n      <div class=\"nji-text nja2-text\" data-r=\"3\">\n        <p>Anthony John Leigh was born at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne on 4 September 1969. His natural father left soon after. His mother, his step-father and the adults around them belonged to the sect led by Anne Hamilton-Byrne, known in Australia as The Family. She claimed to be his godmother.<\/p>\n        <p>When Anthony was about four, his mother left. He grew up moving between Australia and England, between two fathers, and between houses that never became homes. By twelve he was looking after his younger half-brother, and quietly finding his own ways to cope.<\/p>\n        <blockquote class=\"nja2-pull\">&ldquo;When I was very young, I discovered the greatness of the written word.&rdquo;<\/blockquote>\n        <p>Reading became one escape. Drugs became another. For more than half his life he self-medicated, from prescription pills and cannabis to speed and heroin, while living with chronic back pain and the weight of everything he had seen.<\/p>\n        <p>Now I Can Get My New Tattoo is his account of all of it, written as a recovering poly-substance abuser who believes recovery is a rebirth, and that healing has to come from within. The image on the cover is his own.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<!-- ===================== SECTION 3 \u00b7 TIMELINE ===================== -->\n<section class=\"nji nja3\">\n  <div class=\"nji-wrap\">\n    <div class=\"nja3-top\">\n      <div>\n        <p class=\"nji-eyebrow\" data-r=\"1\">Moments that shaped him<\/p>\n        <h2 class=\"nji-h2\" data-r=\"2\" style=\"margin:0\">From Melbourne, <em>1969<\/em><\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"nja3-arrows\" data-r=\"3\">\n        <button class=\"nja3-arrow\" type=\"button\" data-dir=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Previous\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M20 12H4M10 6l-6 6 6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/button>\n        <button class=\"nja3-arrow\" type=\"button\" data-dir=\"1\" aria-label=\"Next\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M4 12h16M14 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/button>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"nja3-track\" data-r=\"4\">\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">1969<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">Born in Melbourne<\/h3><p>At the Royal Women's Hospital, into a family already inside The Family.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">Age 4<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">His mother leaves<\/h3><p>He and his brothers are left with two fathers and a cult that comes first.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">Childhood<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">Fourteen houses<\/h3><p>One stay in England means fourteen different houses in fourteen months. None of them home.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">Age 12<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">Israel, and a door closes<\/h3><p>After six weeks in Israel, his step-grandfather tells him he is not really part of the family.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">Age 12<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">Speaking up<\/h3><p>He tells his auntie his little brother is being abused at the cult house in Eildon.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">Age 15<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">Running away<\/h3><p>With two friends he runs for Bairnsdale, determined not to go back to boarding school.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">Age 17<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">The first bust<\/h3><p>Police raid the house on Dickens Road. The plants are his.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">Later<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">Operation Forest<\/h3><p>A police task force investigating The Family raids his home, and asks him to help.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"nja3-item\"><span class=\"nja3-when\">Then<\/span><h3 class=\"nja3-what\">The turning point<\/h3><p>After losing friends to suicide, he decides to get clean and go to England to find his mother.<\/p><\/article>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<!-- ===================== SECTION 4 \u00b7 IN HIS WORDS ===================== -->\n<section class=\"nji\">\n  <div class=\"nji-wrap\">\n    <div class=\"nji-center\">\n      <p class=\"nji-eyebrow\" data-r=\"1\">In his words<\/p>\n      <h2 class=\"nji-h2\" data-r=\"2\">Lines from <em>the book<\/em><\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nja4-grid\" data-r=\"3\">\n      <div class=\"nja4-card\"><blockquote>Things are apt to go the way they will. I do not believe in coincidences.<\/blockquote><cite>To Act from the Heart<\/cite><\/div>\n      <div class=\"nja4-card\"><blockquote>Survival is a matter of accessing the right information at the right time.<\/blockquote><cite>The Early Years<\/cite><\/div>\n      <div class=\"nja4-card\"><blockquote>I am my own worst enemy and hardest critic at times.<\/blockquote><cite>To Act from the Heart<\/cite><\/div>\n      <div class=\"nja4-card\"><blockquote>I am unwilling to turn my life over to some guru, no matter how enlightened they prove to be.<\/blockquote><cite>Drug Addict or Self-Medicator?<\/cite><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<!-- ===================== SECTION 5 \u00b7 IN LOVING MEMORY ===================== -->\n<section class=\"nji nja5\">\n  <div class=\"nji-wrap nji-center\">\n    <p class=\"nji-eyebrow\" data-r=\"1\">Dedicated to<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nji-h2\" data-r=\"2\">In loving <em>memory<\/em><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"nja5-row\" data-r=\"3\">\n      <div class=\"nja5-name\"><small>In loving memory of<\/small><b>John McDonna<\/b><span>RIP 1999. He gave his life so that I could go on.<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"nja5-candle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"nja5-name\"><small>My beloved daughter<\/small><b>Rain<\/b><span>4\/02\/1997 &ndash; 4\/02\/2022<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<!-- ===================== SECTION 6 \u00b7 CALL TO ACTION ===================== -->\n<section class=\"nji nja6\">\n  <div class=\"nji-bgword\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Survivor<\/div>\n  <div class=\"nji-wrap\">\n    <p class=\"nji-eyebrow\" data-r=\"1\" style=\"justify-content:center\">Read his story<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nji-h2\" data-r=\"2\">His story, <em>in your hands<\/em><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nji-lead\" data-r=\"3\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\">A true story of a childhood inside a cult, and the long road out of it.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nji-btns\" data-r=\"4\" style=\"justify-content:center\">\n      <a class=\"nji-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/bookpublish.online\/anthonyleigh\/books\/\">Discover the book <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M4 12h16M14 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\n      <a class=\"nji-btn nji-btn--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/bookpublish.online\/anthonyleigh\/contact-us\/\">Contact Anthony<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Home&#10022;About the Author About the Author Survivor. Seeker. Storyteller. Anthony John LeighMelbourne, Australia His story A life written in his own words Anthony John Leigh was born at the Royal Women&#8217;s Hospital in Melbourne on 4 September 1969. His natural father left soon after. 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