Phil Whitaker | |
Occupation: | Novelist |
Language: | English |
Alma Mater: | University of Nottingham University of Oxford University of East Anglia |
Awards: | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1997) Betty Trask Award (1998) Encore Award (2000) |
Website: | philwhitaker.co.uk |
Phil Whitaker (born 1966) is an English novelist and physician. He is also a journalist.[1]
Whitaker, born in Kent,[2] qualified in medicine at the University of Nottingham in 1990 and at the University of Oxford, where he undertook postgraduate training in general practice. He also completed an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in 1996.[3]
Whitaker made his debut with the novel Eclipse of the Sun, which received the 1997 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the 1998 Betty Trask Award, and was shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread First Novel Award. His second novel, Triangulation, won the 2000 Encore Award.
Whitaker writes a regular medical column for the UK weekly New Statesman.[4] He currently lives in Wiltshire.[2]