Phil Baker

Phil Baker has written two books for Dedalus: The Dedalus Book of Absinthe and The Devil is a Gentleman: The Life and Times of Dennis Wheatley. He has also edited and wrote the introduction for Dedalus of The Man Who Was Norris: The Life of Gerald Hamilton. He reviews for a number of papers including The Sunday Times and The Times Literary Supplement.

He is the author of a book on Samuel Beckett and biographies of the London artist Austin Osman Spare and the American writer William S. Burroughs.

Phil Baker lives in central London.

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