Philippa Thomson

Philippa Thomson is a researcher, editor and writer. During a long career in illustrated book publishing, she held the post of picture manager on Macmillan's multi-volume Dictionary of Art, and was picture editor at Phaidon Press. She has worked on a freelance basis since 2000. She put full-time work on hold to raise her children, as the youngest was born severely disabled as a result of a rare chromosome disorder.

She has edited many books by others, but her memoir A Hole in My life - Battling Chronic Dizziness was the first book of her own. The balance disorder SCDS has had a major impact on her life, and she has been researching the subject since 2006. After the memoir, Philippa completed a postgraduate diploma in the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health at King's College, London and then a diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. In January 2023 Springer published Third Mobile Window Syndrome of the Inner Ear which she co-edited with Dr Gerard Gianoli. It is the first reference book on this disorder, and another landmark publication for this author. In July 2025, an audiobook of A Hole In My Life was published by Apple Books - you can now read or listen to Philippa’s amazing story!

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