Phil was born in Hull in 1974, and he studied English and Drama at Hull University.
He worked for a year as a carer in a children’s home, then after training as a drama therapist, he worked in a therapeutic community in London, which cared for multiply abused adolescents. Then, changing tack completely, he chose a marginally more sedate life as a children’s bookseller.
It was here that he developed an obsession for kid’s literature, in particular, young adult fiction.
After three years at Ottakar’s, he became a sales rep, and then a key account manager for Transworld/Random House, and is now sales director at Simon and Schuster Children’s Books.
Phil lives in South East London with his wife and two young children, and apparently has an annoying habit of writing whilst watching Sky Sports. According to his wife, this is not multi-tasking, although he begs to differ.
Aside from his family, books and sport, he loves curry, pink wine and Elvis, but not always in that order, or on the same day.
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