He has also written books for children, including “Scribbleboy” (shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal), “Kasper in the Glitter” (nominated for the Whitbread Prize), “Mighty Fizz Chilla” (shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award), “ZinderZunder,” “Vinegar Street,” “Zip’s Apollo” and the bestseller “Krindlekrax” (winner of both the Smarties Prize and WH Smith’s Mind-Boggling Books Award), the stage play of which – adapted by Philip himself – was premiered at the Birmingham Rep Theatre in 2002. As well as three books for adults - and the highly acclaimed screenplay for the “The Krays” feature film (winner of The Evening Standard Best Film of the Year Award) - he has written nine adult stage plays: THE PITCHFORK DISNEY, the multi-award-winning THE FASTEST CLOCK IN THE UNIVERSE, GHOST FROM A PERFECT PLACE, VINCENT RIVER, MERCURY FUR, LEAVES OF GLASS, PIRANHA HEIGHTS, TENDER NAPALM (nominated for the London Fringe Best Play Award) and SHIVERED (nominated Off-West End Best New Play Award), plus several plays for young people: KARAMAZOO, FAIRYTALEHEART, MOONFLEECE, SPARKLESHARK and BROKENVILLE (collectively known as THE STORYTELLER SEQUENCE).
Martin’s School of Art and his work has been exhibited widely throughout Europe and Japan.
Philip was born in the East End of London where he still lives and works.
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