User:Aaronomus/Dave Phillips (maze designer)

Dave Phillips (born May 7, 1951 in Macclesfield, England) is one of the world’s leading maze and puzzle designers, with over three dozen books to his credit, including his most recent The Zen Of The Labyrinth—Mazes For The Connoisseur. In addition to books, Dave has provided puzzles for many publications such as Reader’s Digest, Die Ziet, Highlights, Ranger Rick, Omni, National Geographic World, Games, Scientific American, and United Features Syndicate. He has also created jigsaw puzzle mazes for Hallmark and die cut puzzle mazes for DaMert. Dave has designed and produced more than sixty electronic puzzle and logic titles for CD-i, Smart Games, eGames, and others. He and partner Rob Hafey own eBrainyGames, an electronic game development company.

Since 2000 Dave has partnered with Hugh McPherson of MaizeQuest, the fastest growing corn maze company in the world, 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.

Dave and his family emigrated from England to Maryland, USA in 1960 when he was nine years old. He became a naturalized citizen at age twenty five. One year later he created his first book, Graphic and Op Art Mazes. Dave lives with his wife Pamela in White Hall, Maryland. They have an adult daughter, Tessa.

Publications

 * Graphic and Op Art Mazes, 1976
 * Storybook Mazes, 1978
 * Mind Boggling Mazes, 1979
 * The World’s Most Difficult Maze, 1980
 * Hidden Treasure Maze Book, 1984
 * Mystifying Mazes, 1984
 * Space Age Mazes, 1988
 * Monster Mazes, 1989
 * Mazing Discoveries, 1990
 * Animal Word Scramble, 1990
 * Baby Dinosaurs, 1990
 * Dinosaurs, 1991
 * Cat Mazes, 1991
 * Dog Mazes, 1991
 * Animal Mazes, 1991
 * Mazing World of Fish, 1992
 * Mother Goose Mazes, 1992
 * Pirate Treasure Mazes, 1992
 * Tantalizing Mazes, 1992
 * Mazing World of Sea Animals, 1993
 * Scary Mazes, 1993
 * Test Your Maze Power, 1993
 * Mystery Mazes, 1994
 * Treasure Hunt, 1994
 * Nature’s Wonders Mazes, 1995
 * Wonders of the Mazes, 1995
 * Sports Mazes, 1995
 * Endangered Animal Mazes, 1996
 * Egyptian Mazes, 1997
 * Sea Life Mazes, 1997
 * Donkey Kong Puzzles and Games, 1997
 * The Adventures of Super Mario Puzzles and Games, 1997
 * Nature Mazes, 1998
 * Celtic Mazes, 1998
 * A Trip to Mars Maze, 1999
 * Wizards and Dragons Mazes, 2002
 * Big Book of Adventure Mazes, 2003
 * Fun with Mazes, 2003
 * Haunted Pirates Mazes, 2008
 * Ancient Treasures, 2008
 * The Zen of the Labyrinth—Mazes for the Connoisseur, 2009

Electronic Games

 * MegaMaze
 * Jumanji
 * Smart Games Challenge Three
 * Playnet
 * Time Out Games
 * eGames
 * eBrainyGames