Philip Nicholas was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He has always been a creative force as an artist, composer, musician and novelist. His friends and family have affectionately nick-named him "Renaissance Man" as in addition to writing novels, Philip is also an accomplished music composer and musician.

He was proud to release the second in his Philip Gioco Adventure Series, "Amazonia," in 2020, which continues the saga initiated with "Reaper MQ-9. "Inversion," the 3rd book in the trilogy, was released in April, 2021; the fourth book in the series, Rescue From Kunduz, was released last summer. He is presently writing a SCIFI novel which he expects to release this August. 👏👏👏