R. Michael Phillips Author & Creator of the East London Adventurers Club
R. Michael Phillips
Mystery Writer & Creator of The East London Adventurers Club
Mystery Writer & Creator of The East London Adventurers Club
About the author...
R. Michael Phillips is a
classically trained artist who has been painting for over 25 years. He's
done
numerous commissions, illustrations for national products and
co-authored and
illustrated a children's book. Writing was always something he enjoyed
doing, but
never had the opportunity to pursue seriously until recently. By
combining his
creative talents with a passion for art and antiquities, he conceived
the
fictional world of the East London Adventurers
Club.
His first mystery, “Along
Came A Fifer” is the result of these efforts and was published in
July 2009 by
Asylett Press. It is the first book in the Ernie Bisquets Mystery
Series. Michael has
recently completed the second book in the series- “Rook, Rhyme
& Sinker”.
If editing goes well, look for it to be
released soon. Each mystery is centered around an historical
artifact and are loaded with suspense, orchestrated by a gaggle of
unusual characters. These are mysteries written in the tradition of an
English cozy.
In the meantime, he is
putting the notes together for the
third book and hopes to have it completed by Spring 2012.
Inspiration-
I'm an artist by trade and the urge to write came quite by surprise. I've dabbled in it a bit before but nothing as monumental as writing a mystery novel. Writing, I found, and very much to my surprise, was just painting with words. Your brush would gently stroke indigo blue or vermilion onto a canvas to shadow a face in remorse. The same can be said of the words you brush across a page to project that same face, slowly drawn down into the collar of a borrowed, wool coat that was shiny from wear, yet retained the strength in its weft and warp to comfort a penitent soul. Having the ability to close my eyes and see how sunlight would dance across a marble floor after a rain, or how the long shadows of dusk transform even the most ordinary of objects into that which we fear most, is inspirational. I enjoy Agatha Christie and Henry Fielding, but I draw inspiration from the stories hanging on the walls of museums.
Inspiration-
I'm an artist by trade and the urge to write came quite by surprise. I've dabbled in it a bit before but nothing as monumental as writing a mystery novel. Writing, I found, and very much to my surprise, was just painting with words. Your brush would gently stroke indigo blue or vermilion onto a canvas to shadow a face in remorse. The same can be said of the words you brush across a page to project that same face, slowly drawn down into the collar of a borrowed, wool coat that was shiny from wear, yet retained the strength in its weft and warp to comfort a penitent soul. Having the ability to close my eyes and see how sunlight would dance across a marble floor after a rain, or how the long shadows of dusk transform even the most ordinary of objects into that which we fear most, is inspirational. I enjoy Agatha Christie and Henry Fielding, but I draw inspiration from the stories hanging on the walls of museums.
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