David Philips

David Philips was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1953 and emigrated to Perth, West Australia with his wife in 2009. He has two adult children who still live in Glasgow. David has had several careers, including being the human half of a comedy double-act with a mischievous, irreverent, keyboard playing robot called Mr. Hairy, and it was always a matter of some chagrin that the robot continually stole his best lines and got more laughs than he did. In his spare time, David plays folk harmonica,...See more

David Philips was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1953 and emigrated to Perth, West Australia with his wife in 2009. He has two adult children who still live in Glasgow. David has had several careers, including being the human half of a comedy double-act with a mischievous, irreverent, keyboard playing robot called Mr. Hairy, and it was always a matter of some chagrin that the robot continually stole his best lines and got more laughs than he did. In his spare time, David plays folk harmonica, swears at the tv, and reads. His favourite authors are Scottish crime fiction writers, Ian Rankin and Craig Robertson. He is also a fan of the works of Robert Harris and the late Robert Ludlum, from which he derives inspiration for his own books.The Duke of Windsor Conspiracy is his third novel. See less