Philip Dodd was born in 1952, lives in Liverpool, England, has a degree in English literature from Newcastle University, and 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 his local newspaper, the Liverpool Echo, poetry magazines, like The Dawntreader and Nomad's Choir, and in Mallorn, the Journal of the Tolkien Society. Apart from reading and writing, he enjoys singing his own songs and songs written by others, accompanying himself on his acoustic guitar.