About the Author

Tony Gaines is the pen-name of this extraordinary novel from the 1970s because of its rite of passage account and because this book came from a childhood and adolescence moved by movement, observation, and reflection. Born in Boston because his father was in the military, Tony Gaines grew up in three continents and soaked up cultures, ideas, and human behavior, all of which inspired this novel, a 1970s coming of age novel, as an author. So this novel began from an early beginnings love affair with telling stories to maintaining a diary as a pre-teenage boy aged twelve years old.

Tony Gaines, as of right now, resides in Colorado but his experience spans across multiple decades and places. So for example, his debut piece, “Death of The Teen Age,” a teen identity as well as coming-of-age book, is based on his work life, spirituality, and love that he has with regards to helping teenagers across a multitude of facets. His take on a teenager’s life and struggles in the 1970s is spot on, it is honest, it is nostalgic and most of all, it captures the true authentic experience.