Seventeen Coffins

Philip's first novel was published in 1977. Since then, he has published many novels for adults and since 2007, a series of children's books that have sold all over the world, the Sebastien Darke series and another well-received series -The Alec Devlin Mysteries. He is also the author of The Crow Boy Trilogy - spooky tales set in Edinburgh.Philip was born in North Wales in 1951. The son of an RAF officer, he spent much of his childhood travelling the length and breadth of Britain and spent several years in Malaysia and Singapore. He attended Kelsterton College Of Art in North Wales where he obtained a diploma in Graphic Design. After leaving college, he worked extensively in theatre, both in London and Wales, and wrote the lyrics for rock adaptations of The Workhouse Donkey and Oscar Wilde's Salome. In 2016 Philip won the Scottish Children's Book Award writing under the name Danny Weston.