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Arthur Phillips


USA flag (b.1969)

Arthur Phillips was born in Minneapolis and educated at Harvard. He has been a child actor, a jazz musician, a speechwriter, a dismally failed entrepreneur, and a five-time Jeopardy! champion. He lived in Budapest from 1990 to 1992 and now lives in Paris with his wife and son.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Prague (2002)
   The Egyptologist (2004)
   Angelica (2007)
   The Song Is You (2009)
   The Tragedy of Arthur (2011)
   The King at the Edge of the World (2020)
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Get in Trouble (2014)
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An Evening of Long Goodbyes (2003)
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Awards
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2013) : The Tragedy of Arthur


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