Hal Phillips used to reckon that his angular, modernist barn — from whence he once wrote on sporting, travel and lifestyle subjects, when he wasn’t directing his international media company — was the most cosmopolitan out-building in the Great State of Maine. Then said barn burned to the ground. He replaced it, moved 10 miles to the north, and published his first book in 2022. Today, fresh off book no. 2, he writes from an 1850 Victorian overlooking the mighty Androscoggin River.
A daily newspaper and magazine editor until 2001, Phillips has since contributed feature content to ESPN FC, Sports Illustrated, GOLF Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Golf Digest China, the Portland Press Herald, and dozens of other outlets, some of which still exist. His two children having lit out for the territory, he resides in Auburn, Maine with his wife, the fair Sharon Vandermay, and a Bernese mountain dog named Persephone, Mistress of the Underworld. He can be reached at onintwo@maine.rr.com
