(Soldier) Michael Anthony

Michael Anthony, a former SAS soldier who served in the Regiment in Zimbabwe, weaves the violent political history of Rhodesia's transition to Zimbabwe into the impact this has had on the lives of its residents.

"A year before The Winds that Blow Before the Rains was published, I happened to watch BBC2′s BAFTA award-winning documentary Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children, screened in 2010. Now, you must understand that I know Africa well, but the documentary reminded me of the unimaginable suffering of orphaned and abandoned children who will never have a future as you and I know it. I could have closed the door after the film and carried on with my life, but I didn’t. I decided there and then to donate all the proceeds from The Winds that Blow Before the Rains and subsequent books towards helping orphaned and abandoned children in Zimbabwe."