Robert Phillips grew up in Adelaide, where he started writing for theatre. He has had plays and sketches performed in Adelaide and Canberra.Moving to Canberra, he became an aviation risk analyst. His published books include a full-length science fiction play (Technocraton, Heinemann,1976) a book about risks in everyday life (A Risky Life, Halstead Press, 2014) and a post-post-apocalyptic comedy novella (Canberraesque, Busybird Publishing 2017).Apart from technical papers on aviation safety, he has published historical articles and short stories.He lives in North Canberra. His website is: www.robertphillips.com.au.