Griffonner has been writing in one form or another all his life. Real name, Allen Ansell, his first recognised work was as a teenager when he was contracted to write a column in a Brighton(UK) weekly newspaper. He has had many works published... and online on various internet forums. He has been featured on and in UKAuthors' , ABCTales, Allpoetry, Capella Poetry Magazine and 'La Fenetre' magazine (which he was founder and co-publisher of, and now Poetry Soup and PoetryPoem.