Philip Rennett

Award-winning author Philip Rennett currently lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife Clare, one dog and a cat. Work started in the Middle East as public relations officer for a police force. Experiences included crash-landing in a plane whose pilots forgot to lower the undercarriage; flying in another plane with a dead body knocking against his leg; and gate-crashing a reception at the Sultan's palace where he bumped into the UK prime minister and the Sultan. In an unrelated incident, he spent...See more

Award-winning author Philip Rennett currently lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife Clare, one dog and a cat. Work started in the Middle East as public relations officer for a police force. Experiences included crash-landing in a plane whose pilots forgot to lower the undercarriage; flying in another plane with a dead body knocking against his leg; and gate-crashing a reception at the Sultan's palace where he bumped into the UK prime minister and the Sultan. In an unrelated incident, he spent a couple of uncomfortable minutes sitting in his Volkswagen Beetle while three very angry soldiers pointed guns at his head. Opting for a quieter life, he returned to the UK and worked in newspaper advertising before starting his own PR consultancy, which he ran for thirty years. Deciding he'd had enough of writing on behalf of employers and clients, he retired and now writes for himself. A keen if mediocre sportsman, he took up golf after his right knee decided it didn't want to take part in more physical sports any longer. Missing the thrills of his early career, he also goes storm chasing occasionally in Tornado Alley. See less