Philip Marsden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Philip Marsden

British writer

Date of Birth: 11-May-1961

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Profession: writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Philip Marsden, also known as Philip Marsden-Smedley (born 11 May 1961), is an English travel writer and novelist. Born in Bristol, England, Marsden has a degree in anthropology and worked for some years for The Spectator magazine.
He became a full-time writer in the late 1980s.
He was elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature in 1996.
He is a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts Development Trust.A review of his work by Guy Mannes-Abbott appeared in The Independent newspaper in November 2007.He lives in Cornwall with his wife, the writer Charlotte Hobson, and their children.