You know him as the fast-footed gent who lights up Saturday night prime time TV as the longest serving, wittiest and warmest of the Strictly professionals.
But Anton Du Beke has plenty more strings to his bow; Aside from his long dance floor partnership with Erin Boag, Anton has successfully turned his hand to presenting, and last year his debut CD hit the charts, featuring an inspired cover-version of an Arctic Monkeys track.
Now he has turned his hand to writing, with his debut novel, One Enchanted Evening currently doing swell business - it's a Sunday Times Bestseller.
"It's an idea I've had floating about for years," he says, talking at Waterstone's in intu Milton Keynes, as a busy line of 'traffic' queues up to meet the affable chap.
"I've done a couple of books before, but they were 'learn to dance' type books. To do a novel is such a different mindset and people go, 'Oh...you think you're a novelist, do you?
"But actually, I just wanted to tell a story, and I had the whole thing playing in my mind - the shape of the characters, what was going on, all that stuff..."
Publishers Bonnier Zaffre loved Anton's vision and they got on like a house on fire: "I love optimism and enthusiasm and we got a team together."
If Anton doesn't seem like the sort of chap who would bury himself away in a room writing for hours on end, it's because he's not: "If you stick me in a room at the bottom of the garden and say 'write 40,000 words, I'd just about make the title!
"I've got to tell the story and someone else can tap away. That's just the way I like to do it."
It's Anton's first visit to Milton Keynes in a while; his annual MK Theatre show with Erin was cancelled at the last minute earlier this year, when Erin was taken sick.
"She thought she had pulled a muscle in her ribs, but when we played Oxford she could barely make the stage, then she coughed up blood, and went to the hospital. They said 'You've got pneumonia.'"
Understandably, it was curtain down on the MK performance. Now fighting fit, the duo will be back on stage in the town in February. And looking forward to it.
"We love Milton Keynes, " he says, "The theatre is great, the stage is good and the crowd are always lovely."
Eighty-year-old Muriel travelled from Llandrindod Wells in Wales to meet Anton
Anton's crowd today can be described just the same - some have travelled from as far afield as Wales for a quick snap, hug and to have Anton's autograph scribbled across their copy of his book.
As Anton heads in store to meet them, checking he looks his best ("Is my tie straight?) and admiring the page-turners as he goes ("I just love books," he says, glancing keenly at the rows of works), the store suddenly gets busy as this national treasure meets his audience.
"Who's doing what in there?" one woman asks me with disinterest, as I leave a queue of adoring fans to meet their man.
'It's Anton Du Beke,' I say.
Her face lights up, she turns on her heel and goes in for a closer look!
If anyone is looking for a nice book to cozy up next to the fire with this Autumn, One Enchanted Evening is just the thing.
"I'm a great fan of Poirot and Agatha Christie, that sort of thing," Anton said before his store entrance, "Everything in it is real; a ballroom I've danced in, a hotel I've been to...and everyone is based on real people I know, or have heard spoken about.
"It's just a lovely story for anyone who wants to have a good read and immerse themselves in a nice story," he smiled.
Interview: Sammy Jones Twitter: @sammyjonespress
> One Enchanted Evening by Anton Du Beke, out in hardback now, Zaffre, £18.99
