Bio: Philip E. High lives in Kent, England, almost within touching distance of the historic Canterbury Cathedral. He served in the Royal navy during the war, and has two daughters. His name is mainly familiar to American SF fans through his colourful adventure novels, most of them published by the old Ace Books under Donald A. Wollheim's editorial direction.

His debut novel was Prodigal Sun (1964), and was the first of many. Earlier, he had been a prolific short story writer for all of the leading British SF magazines, including Authentic Science Fiction, Nebula, and New Worlds. His latest published new short story "One Hour To Darkness" is available in the recently published Fantasy Annual 4 (Cosmos Books, 2000). Other new short stories are scheduled to appear in forthcoming issues of Fantasy Annual and the new Fantasy Quarterly.

Cosmos Books will be publishing several classic novels by High, and the first three titles, already published and available, are: Butterfly Planet, Reality Forbidden, and These Savage Futurians. A first-ever short story collection, The Best of Philip E. High edited by Philip Harbottle, is also scheduled for publication later this year.