Arthur Phillips
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Arthur Phillips
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April 23, 1969 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University and Berklee College of Music |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Notable works | Prague, The Egyptologist, Angelica, The Song Is You, The Tragedy of Arthur |
| Notable awards | Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (2003), New York Times Notable Book of the Year (2007 and 2009), Washington Post Best Fiction (2007) |
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Arthur Phillips (born April 23, 1969) is an American novelist. His books include Prague (2002), The Egyptologist (2004), Angelica (2007), The Song Is You (2009), and The Tragedy of Arthur (2011).
Phillips was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is Jewish. He received a BA in history from Harvard University in 1990. After spending two years in Budapest (1990–1992), he then studied jazz saxophone for four semesters at Berklee College of Music (1992–93).
In several interviews, Phillips has stated he has been a child actor, a jazz musician, a five-time Jeopardy! champion, a speechwriter, an advertising copywriter for medical devices, and a "dismally failed entrepreneur."
Phillips lived in Budapest from 1990 to 1992 and in Paris from 2001 to 2003, and now lives in New York with his two sons. He separated from his wife in 2016. He was featured on the July 27, 2007, episode of "This American Life", reading his short story "Wenceslas Square." The story is being produced for film by "This American Life" and Endgame Entertainment, with a script by Christopher Markus and Steven McFeely.
Before becoming a best-selling novelist, Phillips was a five-time champion on Jeopardy! in 1997. In 2005, he competed in the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions. He won his opening-round game but lost in the second round.
Prague, despite its title, is set almost entirely in Budapest, Hungary, primarily in 1990, with an interlude detailing several previous generations of Hungarian history, from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy through the First and Second World Wars.
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