ADVENTURE WRITER

Philip Trupp is an author/journalist/adventurer with a career spanning more than three decades. He has been a daily newspaper reporter, major magazine feature writer and the author and editor of more than a dozen books. Phil Trupp is currently under contract to Cipher Entertainment, an independent film/book production company, located in Arlington, VA. Trupp is currently working on three novels and related feature-length film productions in the spy-thriller genre. He is also the jazz critic for the Washington Times. He was associated with Project Mercury in the early days of NASA and is an official NOAA Aquanaut, having led the team of journalists to live and work beneath the sea. He was one of the first journalists allowed into Castro's Cuba, has explored the Darien Rain Forest and found sunken treasure. His assignments have been world-ranging. In addition to print media, he has produced a TV series for NBC and is a familiar guest on talk radio. SEA OF DREAMERS (Fulcrum Publishing) was released in fall '98. A personal adventure into the world of the oceans, the book includes interviews of major scientists and explorers. He has now completing a new book of adventures, ISLANDS OF DESIRE.