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Whitaker, born in Kent,<ref name="biography">[https://philwhitaker.co.uk/biography/ Own webpage. Retrieved 25 March 2021.]</ref> qualified in medicine at the [[University of Nottingham]] in 1990 and at the [[University of Oxford]], where he undertook postgraduate training in general practice. He also completed an MA in Creative Writing at the [[University of East Anglia]] in 1996.<ref name="UEA V-Z">{{Cite web |title=Creative Writing alumni V-Z and published works |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/creative-writing/alumni/alumni-v-z|website=[[University of East Anglia]]}}</ref> His [[debut novel]] ''[[Eclipse of the Sun (novel)|Eclipse of the Sun]]'' received the 1997 [[John Llewellyn Rhys Prize]] and the 1998 [[Betty Trask Award]], and was shortlisted for the [[1997 Whitbread Awards|1997 Whitbread First Novel Award]]. His second novel ''Triangulation'' won the 2000 [[Encore Award]].
He writes a regular medical column for the ''[[New Statesman]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phil Whitaker |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/phil_whitaker |website=
==Awards==
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