..:: Phillip Tucker ::..

Phillip Tucker

Phillip was born in Sydney in 1955. There wasn’t a large star in the sky and definitely no shepherds. He lived most of his life in a small southern suburb of Sydney, called Woronora River. Had a great Mum and Dad plus three patient sisters, and a long line of pets. Phillip attended the Woronora River Public School, before moving on to Jannali Boys High School. He didn’t really enjoy his school years, though now Phillip wished he'd spent more time paying attention in English class, rather than fooling around. He enjoyed sports especially surfing, but his secret loves are sailing and reading.

At the age of 15 on a bus trip to Queensland, an old lady seeing Phillip was bored, gave him a copy of ‘The Day of the Triffids’ to read. He's been hooked on reading ever since. Phillip left High School at 16 which he really didn’t like, he then started work in the security industry. He worked for his father’s company, which installed and monitored security systems. He caught his first burglar at the age of 18, we still don’t know who was the most afraid! Met the love of his life Michelle at 19, and married her at 22.

Feeling patriotic, Phillip then joined the army reserve, spending a few years learning to dig holes around Australia, and living in them. Phillip said there was a big difference between regular forces and reserves.
1. "They were far better soldiers",
2. "They could drink you under the table",
3. "We weren’t stupid enough to join up full time - Only joking! They were some of the best years of my life!"
The reserves forces though good, were no match for the regular units in both training and drinking both of which he found out first hand. There was always friendly rivalry between the reserves and the ‘regs’, but as one sergeant from 3 RAR told him, better to depend on half trained men than men with no training at all. They were some of the best times of his life.

Phillip then purchased and operated his father's business having two beautiful girls along the way. At the age of 38 both he and the wife, tired of the city life, moved to the Northern Rivers. There they planted out a piece of land at Tregeagle, growing Macadamia Nuts. Became a Christian after moving here, although most of his friends say he'd be lucky if God lets him in. Getting itchy feet, he sold the farm when they both turned 50, travelling around the world and just doing nothing for three years. Running out of money, and his cleverly invested shares now worth two flat rocks, they both decided to go back to work. At the moment Phillip is working as a HSA at the local hospital.

Books, especially fiction and science fiction have always had a hold on him. He has no idea how many he has read, but at one church garage sale, his wife made him get rid of over three hundred novels he’d collected since moving north, even now he's still got heaps. What made him write was on his 50th birthday, he was given a fiction novel to read. It had sold over three million copies, but was bloody awful. After complaining about the book, his wife told him "to stop whining and write one yourself if you're so clever". So after three years of driving everyone crazy, here is his first!

By 2011 the sequel should be ready, followed by his first science fiction book later the next year.

One of Phillip's favourite sayings is: ‘Everyone has a book in them, you just have to find what yours is’.







Phillip Tucker Phillip was born in Sydney in 1955. There wasn’t a large star in the sky and definitely no shepherds. He lived most of his life in a small southern suburb of Sydney, called Woronora River. Had a great Mum and Dad plus three patient sisters, and a long line of pets. Phillip attended the Woronora River Public School, before moving on to Jannali Boys High School. He didn’t really enjoy his school years, though now Phillip wished he'd spent more time paying attention in English class, rather than fooling around. He enjoyed sports especially surfing, but his secret loves are sailing and reading. At the age of 15 on a bus trip to Queensland, an old lady seeing Phillip was bored, gave him a copy of ‘The Day of the Triffids’ to read. He's been hooked on reading ever since. Phillip left High School at 16 which he really didn’t like, he then started work in the security industry. He worked for his father’s company, which installed and monitored security systems. He caught his first burglar at the age of 18, we still don’t know who was the most afraid! Met the love of his life Michelle at 19, and married her at 22. Feeling patriotic, Phillip then joined the army reserve, spending a few years learning to dig holes around Australia, and living in them. Phillip said there was a big difference between regular forces and reserves. 1. "They were far better soldiers", 2. "They could drink you under the table", 3. "We weren’t stupid enough to join up full time - Only joking! They were some of the best years of my life!" The reserves forces though good, were no match for the regular units in both training and drinking both of which he found out first hand. There was always friendly rivalry between the reserves and the ‘regs’, but as one sergeant from 3 RAR told him, better to depend on half trained men than men with no training at all. They were some of the best times of his life. Phillip then purchased and operated his father's business having two beautiful girls along the way. At the age of 38 both he and the wife, tired of the city life, moved to the Northern Rivers. There they planted out a piece of land at Tregeagle, growing Macadamia Nuts. Became a Christian after moving here, although most of his friends say he'd be lucky if God lets him in. Getting itchy feet, he sold the farm when they both turned 50, travelling around the world and just doing nothing for three years. Running out of money, and his cleverly invested shares now worth two flat rocks, they both decided to go back to work. At the moment Phillip is working as a HSA at the local hospital. Books, especially fiction and science fiction have always had a hold on him. He has no idea how many he has read, but at one church garage sale, his wife made him get rid of over three hundred novels he’d collected since moving north, even now he's still got heaps. What made him write was on his 50th birthday, he was given a fiction novel to read. It had sold over three million copies, but was bloody awful. After complaining about the book, his wife told him "to stop whining and write one yourself if you're so clever". So after three years of driving everyone crazy, here is his first! By 2011 the sequel should be ready, followed by his first science fiction book later the next year. One of Phillip's favourite sayings is: ‘Everyone has a book in them, you just have to find what yours is’.