Guy Warner is a retired schoolteacher and former civil servant, who grew up in Newtownabbey, attending Abbots Cross Primary School and Belfast High School before going to Leicester University and later Stranmillis College. He now lives in Greenisland, Co Antrim with his wife Lynda. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. He is the author of more than 30 books and booklets on aviation, naval and military history, as well as several hundred articles for magazines in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Portugal, Canada and the USA. He also acted as a consultant to museums and universities, reviews books for several publications, gives talks to local history societies, etc and makes contributions to TV and radio programmes, discussing aspects of aviation history.