Edward O. Phillips Quotes
To grow older is to realize the universe is Copernican, not Ptolemaic, and that self and the loved one do not form the epicenter of the solar system.
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Birth: | 26th November, 1931 |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Profession: | Novelist |
Edward O. Phillips was born in Montreal, Canada. He is a Canadian novelist. He is best known for his mystery novel series featuring gay detective Geoffrey Chadwick. He earned a law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1956, but decided against legal practice. He subsequently graduated from Harvard University with a Master's Degree in Teaching, and later earned a second Master's Degree in English Literature from Boston University. His first novel, Sunday's Child, was published in 1981. Phillips won the Arthur Ellis Award in 1987 for his novel Buried on Sunday.
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