Phillip Mann

Anthony Phillip Mann MNZM (August 1942 – 1 September 2022) was a British-born New Zealand science fiction author.

Mann worked extensively in theatre, as a professional director and drama tutor, both in New Zealand, the United States and Europe.

This being the period shortly after the conclusion of the Cultural Revolution, he was able to witness the re-emergence of Classical Chinese theatre as well as the emergence of new forms of drama.

For further details concerning this book and the circumstances surrounding its composition, visit Phillip Mann's website; see external links below.

The Eye of the Queen established Phillip Mann's reputation as a creator of 'credible aliens' – a feature which remained prominent in his later works.

Beneath the surface of the seemingly dead world of Sanctum, surviving intelligent aliens are gathering, united in their desire to strike back at the barbarous society that had laid waste their civilisations.

After a decade concentrating on theatre direction, travelling, living in France and writing some plays and children's literature, in 2013 he published his first novel since 1996, The Disestablishment of Paradise.

[1] Mann divided his time between his home in Brooklyn, Wellington and a converted barn in the small town of Choussy in France's Loire Valley.