Philip Dodd (born 24 November 1957) is a British author, editor, and publisher best known for his work on books with high-profile musicians, TV stars and media personalities.

[1] A long-term jazz aficionado, he plays piano with the Philip Dodd Quartet, which performs regularly at London's 606 Club.

[1] He attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe before going on to read Modern Languages at Jesus College, Oxford.

[citation needed] Vague alumni include Mandy Pooler, later Media Director of O&M Media and CEO of Mindshare, Paul Keers, launch editor of the British GQ magazine, the journalists Jane Shilling and Megan Tresidder, as well as the boss of private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners, Guy Hands and CEO/Chief Ombudsman for Legal Complaints, Adam Sampson.

[5] As an author, Dodd wrote The Reverend Guppy’s Aquarium (Random House Books UK, Penguin USA, 2007),in which he explored the lives of people whose names give the English language some of its most colourful words,[6] including Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone; Roy Jacuzzi, inventor of the Jacuzzi Whirplool Bath, and Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Emil Jellinek – the Austrian businessman who founded the Mercedes car company.

[13] He also played keyboards alongside Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Screaming Lord Sutch at London's Hard Rock Café in 1990.