Anthony Gunn is a psychologist whose personal experience with phobias began when he underwent emergency surgery without anaesthetic in Honduras during an exchange year just after high school. The experience left him profoundly fearful of medical procedures, but through his training he overcame his own phobia and now helps others deal with their own. He has written two other books: Fear is Power: Turn Your Fears into Success; and Walking Tall: Overcoming Life's Little Challenges.