Tom Phillips is a writer, translator and lecturer living and working in Sofia, Bulgaria. His poetry has been published in numerous journals, anthologies, pamphlets and three full-length collections: Unknown Translations (Scalino, 2016); Recreation Ground (Two Rivers Press, 2013); Burning Omaha (Firewater, 2002). He has translated a wide range of contemporary Bulgarian literature and his own work has been translated into languages including Albanian, Italian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Serbian. As a playwright, his plays have been produced by leading theatres and theatre companies in the UK, including Show of Strength, Theatre West, Bath Theatre Royal’s Ustinov Studio, the Tobacco Factory’s Scriptspace, Bristol Old Vic’s Ferment and Ship & Castle. He has a BA in English from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Reading. He currently teaches creative writing at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski.