
1955-05-08
Neil Philip was born in York in 1955. He has been fascinated by the Arthurian legends since childhood. Although Neil Philip has edited and retold a number of folktales for children, "The Tale of Sir Gawain" was his first full-length children's book. His books for adults include scholarly work on folk narrative and children's literature. Neil Philip lives in Oxford, where he is editorial director of a small publishing firm.
Mythology
1995
Illustrated Book of Myths
1995
The Adventures Of Odysseus
1996
The Penguin Book of Scottish Folktales
1995
The Penguin Book of English Folktales
1992
Fairy tales of Eastern Europe
1991
The little people
2002
The religions book
2018
Celtic fairy tales
1999
Fairy tales of Ireland
1990
The Illustrated Book of Fairy Tales
1997
Christmas fairy tales
1996
A braid of lives
2000
Fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen
1995
The Spring of butterflies and other folktales of China's minority peoples
1985
I have a news
1994
A fine anger
1981
The tale of Sir Gawain
1987
Collins Christmas treasury
1991
Dorling Kindersley myths & fairy tales collection
1999
The pirate princess
2005
War and the pity of war
1998
King Midas
1994
Horse hooves and chicken feet
2003