The Long Stem Is in the Lobby

Born in 1941, just eight months before the Pearl Harbor attack, Antil can remember sitting on the floor and listening to President Roosevelt make his world famous speech, our declaration of war. When Jerry was five days old his mother predicted he would be the writer of the family and named him Jerome after the Patron Saint of Libraries and Mark, after Mark Twain. Young Jerome Mark Antil grew up in front of the Delphi Falls (now a historical park) in upstate Central New York, just 7 miles from the Chittenango Falls where L. Frank Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz; and 70 miles from overlooking the Chemung River where Mark Twain wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Antil is an award winning author of Historical Fiction and Non Fiction humor. He writes of life in the shadows of WWII, using characters he grew up with. Born the seventh child of a seventh son of a seventh son, Antil began writing before he was ten. Antil was raised by a strong male role model, his devoted father and three very strong women, his mother and two older sisters provided a sensitive keel to his life journey. Woman play very strong and important roles in all Antil's novels. Antil favorite authors include, John Steinberg, Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote and some of Mark Twain.Antil is noted for his impeccable research on all backdrops of any of his work. His historical fiction being used in schools worldwide and his non fiction in marketing forums and classes at the college and university graduate level.