He began his career in the Premier League with Manchester City before moving on to the second and third levels with Southampton, Plymouth Argyle, Charlton Athletic, and Brentford. His first book, a biography of David Bowie, was published in 2015. The same year, he became the eighth person to be convicted of criminal defamation for online comments. Bradley Wright Phillips is an English author and journalist who has written about music, movies, and other cultural topics since 2002. His main topic of interest is David Bowie; he has also written biographies of Iggy Pop, James Dean, and Marilyn Monroe. He started his career at age 24 when he was hired by Manchester City as an editorial assistant. He worked there for three months before being released because they could not find space for him on staff. After this unsuccessful attempt at finding work, he took up writing articles for various magazines including Q Magazine, The Face, and NME. In 2003, he landed a job as the musical editor for the UK edition of Elle magazine. In 2004, he moved to London to work as a staff writer at i-D magazine.