Look and Listen

Biography

Philip David Hogan was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, where he has lived most of his life. As a boy, he simultaneously discovered the books of Stephen King and the films of Steven Spielberg and quickly began a love affair with epic, emotional storytelling. In the late 90's he attended film school in Ontario before embarking on a career as an independent filmmaker and screenwriter. His subsequent short films have played at various festivals throughout North America and several of his feature length screenplays have done very well in some of the most prestigious competitions in the U.S. In 2010, with his head full of more magic, monsters and mayhem than he knew what to do with, Philip finally decided to fulfill a lifelong ambition and complete his first novel, which quickly blossomed into a series of ongoing books called The Weeping Tree Chronicles. The first, BELIEVE, is available now.

Inspiration

Many writers influenced me from an early age; Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, Robert McCammon, Dean Koontz, Charles Dickens, Dan Simmons... to name a few. I was also constantly inspired by the epic, but emotional, storytelling found in the films of Steven Spielberg, and that influence shows very clearly in the cinematic style and flow of my writing, as well as my sometimes intentionally innocent view of childhood. I often write while listening to soundtrack scores and/or melodic heavy metal music. It's been that way as long as I can remember.