Philip dropped out of University to work in a music shop and write novels. His first big success didn't come until 1962 with The Man In The High Castle

Was diagnosed as schizophrenic as a young man and suffered mental health issues.

Among his stories that have been put on the film and TV screen: Bladerunner Minority Report The Man in High Castle The Adjustment Bureau Total Recall 

Philip is buried alongside his twin sister Jane who died aged just six weeks. His inscription had been carved over fifty years earlier.

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