Philip Eil
Biography
Philip Eil is an award-winning freelance journalist based in his hometown, Providence, Rhode Island. He is the former news editor of the alt-weekly newspaper, The Providence Phoenix. Since the paper’s close in 2014, he has contributed to The Atlantic, The Nation, Men’s Health, the Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among other outlets. He holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from the Columbia University School of the Arts.
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On the Trail of the ‘Pill Mill Killer’: The Story Behind an Opiate-Epidemic True-Crime Saga
Crowne Plaza Warwick - Bristol A RoomJoin RI freelance journalist Phil Eil for a discussion on his debut book, Prescription for Pain: How a Once Promising Doctor Became the ‘Pill Mill Killer.’ Released in April 2024, from Steerforth Press, the Columbus Dispatch called it a “riveting true-crime page-turner.” And BookPage wrote, “With Prescription for Pain, Eil joins the ranks of investigative […]