Phil Carradice is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 writer and broadcaster.

Carradice was born in Pembroke Dock

Pembroke Dock

Pembroke Dock is a town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying north of Pembroke on the River Cleddau. Originally a small fishing village known as Paterchurch, the town was greatly expanded from 1814 onwards following the construction of a Royal Naval Dockyard...

. He was educated at Cardiff College of Education and Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...

, and became a teacher and social worker. After several years as head of Headlands Special School in Penarth

Penarth

Penarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales, 5.2 miles south west from the city centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...

, near Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

, he retired from the teaching profession to become a full-time writer. He hosts a history series on BBC Radio Wales

BBC Radio Wales

BBC Radio Wales is the BBC's national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. Operated by BBC Wales, it began broadcasting on 12 November 1978 following the demise of the old "Radio 4 Wales" when BBC Radio 4 became a national network and moved from medium wave to long wave...

entitled The Past Master.

Carradice has two sons, Andrew and Douglas.

Children's

• The Bosun's Secret (2000)
• The Pirates of Thorn Island (2001)
• Hannah Goes to War (2005)
• Black Bart's Treasure (2007)

Non-fiction

• Failures of System (1976)
• The Last Invasion (1992)
• The Write Way (1996)
• Welsh Islands (1997)
• Shooting the Sacred Cows (1998)
• Exploring the Pembrokeshire Coast (2002)
• Wales at War (2005)
• Coming Home: Wales After the War (2005)
• A Town Built to Build Ships - A History of Pembroke Dock (2006)
• Life Choices (2006)
• The Black Chair (2008)

Sources

• Brief biography
• Radio Wales