About the Author

Bobby Townsend is a former prize fighter, newspaper reporter and columnist. He then went on to be a union negotiator and organizer for the Newspaper Guild of New York. Now retired, he resides with his wife, Ronna, in Florida. Together they have six children and eight grandchildren. Nobody Likes a Fat Jockey has been his labor of love for the last 25 years and he is thrilled to finally bring it to print.