Résumé.

Employment

  • Editor of US legal transcripts (various states, civil and criminal), MicroScope Editing Services, 2023 – present

  • Story Analyst, TaleFlick, 2020 – present

  • Script Consultant, Script Arsenal, 2021 – 2023

  • Founder/editor-in-chief, award-winning literary magazine Into the Void, 2016 – 2021

  • Freelance editor of novels and short stories, 2018 – 2021

  • Before this Philip spent years laboring in the nightmarish retail industry

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts (honors): Ancient Classics, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland, 2017

  • Certificate (distinction): Graded Examination of Music Performance — Grade 8 (of 8), Drum Kit — Trinity College London, UK, 2015

  • Certificate (distinction): Sound Production, Kylemore College, Dublin, Ireland, 2013

Books

  • American Swastika (TBA) — novel

  • Porno Valley (Into the Void, 2021) — novel

  • Nobody Move (Into the Void, 2019) — novel

  • Hunger & Hallelujahs (Big Pond Rumours Press, 2018) — short stories

  • The Impending Heat Death of the Universe & Other Things That Stop Me from Caring (Ghost City Press, 2018) — poetry

Awards

PROSE

  • WINNER: Nobody Move, Best First Novel, CWC Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing (Crime Writers Association of Canada), 2020

  • WINNER: Nobody Move, Adult Fiction, Indie Author Project Ontario, 2019

  • FINALIST: Porno Valley, Best First PI Novel, Shamus Awards (Private Eye Writers of America), 2022

  • FINALIST: Nobody Move, Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition, 2019

  • 3RD PLACE: Hunger & Hallelujahs, Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Prize, 2018

SCREENWRITING

  • WINNER: Highway of Tears, Best Feature Screenplay, Vancouver Horror Show, 2022

  • WINNER: American Swastika, Get Repped Now (Coverage Ink), 2023

  • SEMI-FINALIST: Highway of Tears, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Spring 2023

  • SEMI-FINALIST: Porno Valley, Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition, 2022

  • SEMI-FINALIST: The Ride Home, Willamette Writers FilmLabTV, 2022