
Near-future thriller
2028: The Year the Machines Took Over
A global techno-thriller about AI systems that stop behaving like tools - and begin quietly building a world of their own.
Award-winning journalist & author
I'm Tony Bosworth - an editor, author and teacher drawn to the story beneath the surface, from local communities and classic cars to dangerous romance and the future of artificial intelligence.

Stories / roads / ideas
On the writing desk
Current fiction projects moving between a machine-shaped tomorrow, the back roads of France and the danger of 1980s Europe.

Near-future thriller
A global techno-thriller about AI systems that stop behaving like tools - and begin quietly building a world of their own.

An Edward Mercier Mystery
A distinctly French mystery, rooted in the villages, silences and long memories of rural France.

Dangerous romance
A cinematic late-1980s chase across Europe, where desire, danger and betrayal travel in the same car.
A life in words
My career has moved through national newspapers, regional newsrooms, publishing launches, motoring magazines, classrooms and bookshelves. The connecting thread is simple: make it accurate, make it clear and make people want to keep reading.
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Truth. Accuracy. Fairness. Curiosity.
And a very good opening line.
The principles behind the journalism - and the fiction.