Phil Syphe was born in 1975 and grew up in the East Yorkshire village of North Newbald. In 2012 he graduated from the University of Hull with a degree in Creative Writing & English. He published a collection of short stories, entitled Cash ’n’ Carrots & other capers, in 2013, and the first of his novels in the Emma Goodall series - Lunar Crescent - followed later that year. He lives in Hull where he works from home as a copy-editor & proofreader. www.philsyphe.snappages.com