Charles Phillips

I am the author of more than 45 books, specializing in history, puzzles and popular science, mythology, cinema and the arts.

As an editor, I have more than 35 years’ experience of editing and proofreading in a wide variety of subject areas, including history, medicine and health, cinema and the arts, travel guides and personnel and business … I have worked as a copy-editor for the prestigious Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia, the World Economic Forum and the News Deeply websites.

Please click the button above to see testimonials—and navigate through the site to see examples of my work. You can also browse my Amazon page and make purchases here.

In History & Mythology, look out for my illustrated book The Medieval Castle, which uses Guédelon Castle, the intriguing project in Burgundy to build a 21st-castle using medieval techniques and materials as a focus for a study of castles in the Middle Ages. My illustrated histories of papacy and the British Royal Family have been updated and reprinted many times and my piece on royal weddings was published in the New York Times.

In Puzzles & Popular Science, check out the forthcoming Jane Austen Treasure Hunt: The Adventure of Miss King’s Inheritance, as well as A Sherlock Holmes Escape Book: The Adventure of the British Museum and its far from Elementary follow-ups the much-loved Adventure of the Analytical Engine and Adventure of the Tower of London, all written with Melanie Frances.

Also available via the site – the picture book IC the Ice Cream Van, written by me and beautifully illustrated by artist Heather Bower. And my young person’s adventure Into the Lake Forest, with its newly published sequel Back to the Lake Forest.