Antony Thekkek

He is the author of several books such as Koonampara County, Life of Ouso, Lady Biker and Vasco da Gama.

He has won Basheer-Amma Malayalam Award for his book Vasco da Gama.

[2] Thampy Antony was born in Ponkunnam into a Kerala Christian family.

He immigrated to the United States and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 3 decades.

He has since then acted in many American and Indian productions, predominantly in Malayalam language.