Tony Eyre
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Tony Eyre FCA (born Auckland 1953) is a New Zealand non-fiction writer and accountant with particular interest in the creative sector. He writes journalism and books on historical or literary subjects, focuses on creative nonfiction and essay and feature writing and is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines.[1]
Eyre, whose father's name was Peter and who had four siblings, spent his childhood in Avondale and Mount Albert in Auckland.[2] He was educated at Marist School, Mount Albert[2] and St Peter's College, Auckland,[1] where he studied, particularly, Latin, French, History and English in his six years there.[3] His childhood home was filled with books often reflecting his father's interest in Auckland marine history and New Zealand art.[2] The artist Jane Eyre was a relative.[4]
Eyre and his wife Yvonne Fogarty live in the Dunedin harbour suburb of Vauxhall. They have four adult children.[5]