Career
In addition to books, Phillips has provided puzzles for Reader"s Digest, Highlights, National Geographic World, Die Zeit, Ranger Rick, Omni, Games, Scientific American, and United Features Syndicate. He has also created jigsaw puzzle mazes for Hallmark and die cut puzzle mazes for DaMert. Phillips has designed and produced electronic puzzles and logic titles for Civil Defense-i, Smart Games, and eGames.
Since 2000, Phillips has partnered with Hugh McPherson of MaizeQuest, a corn maze company to design corn mazes, interactive games, and walk-through mazes (such as bamboo, hedge, and fence) for locations throughout the United States, Canada, and England.
Phillips has created mazes and labyrinths as contemporary art Phillips and his family emigrated from England to Maryland in 1960 when he was nine years old.
He became a naturalized citizen at 25. One year later he created his first book, Graphic and Op Art Mazes.