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Phil Stamper-Halpin Receives Honorary Doctorate for His Outstanding Contributions to Literature, Publishing, & Reading Pleasure

Last month, Phil Stamper-Halpin, Director, Author Development, attended a celebratory ceremony at Kingston University in London where he was awarded an honorary doctorate! Phil’s ties with the university run deep, as it is where he earned his M.A. in Publishing with Creative Writing, and today, Phil is an award-winning, bestselling author of queer Young Adult fiction. Paired with his ambitious career at Penguin Random House, we had a few questions for Phil about his path to becoming a published author, how his writing career informs his everyday work at PRH, and importantly, how to find balance in his respective professions. Continue reading