▁their ▁works ▁published ▁in ▁R ais ons ▁Polit iques ' ▁include ▁Ar to ▁Char pent ier , ▁Billy ▁Christmas , ▁Lu cile ▁Richard , ▁and ▁H ille l ▁Ste iner ▁among ▁others . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Pol it ical ▁science ▁journ als ▁Category : S ci ences ▁Po <0x0A> </s> ▁Phil ▁Rick man ▁( also ▁known ▁under ▁the ▁pen ▁names ▁of ▁Thom ▁Mad ley ▁and ▁Will ▁Kingdom ) ▁is ▁a ▁British ▁author ▁of ▁super natural ▁and ▁mystery ▁nov els . ▁ ▁Biography ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Lanc ash ire ▁in ▁northern ▁England ▁and ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁journalist ▁for ▁BBC ▁World ▁Service ▁TV ▁and ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁ 4 . ▁He ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁book , ▁Cand len ight , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁and ▁began ▁his ▁M err ily ▁Wat kins ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁he ▁began ▁the ▁John ▁De e ▁Pap ers ▁series , ▁which ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁math ematic ian ▁and ▁ast ro lo ger ▁John ▁De e . ▁Rick man ▁has ▁also ▁worked ▁on ▁several ▁music ▁albums ▁based ▁upon ▁his ▁books ▁and ▁has ▁helped ▁write ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁albums ' ▁songs . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁writing , ▁Rick man ▁states ▁that ▁he ▁performs ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁fol kl ore , ▁religion , ▁and ▁super natural ▁them es ▁in ▁his ▁books , ▁cit ing ▁that ▁" If ▁I ▁can ' t ▁believe ▁it , ▁it ▁doesn ' t ▁go ▁in ". ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁vo iced