Philip Dodd was born in 1952, lives in Liverpool, England, and has a degree in English literature from Newcastle University. He is the author of five books, Angel War, Klubbe the Turkle and the Golden Star Coracle, Still the Dawn: Poems and Ballads, Last Flocks of the Geese, and Harvey's Hutch. He has had poems published in The Dawntreader, a quarterly poetry magazine, and other poetry publications and sites online. Apart from reading and writing, he likes singing his own songs and songs by others, accompanying himself on his acoustic guitar.