Short answers, pulled from the story.
Philip K. Dick was born on the 16th of December 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He moved to Washington D.C. with his mother after their divorce when he was five years old before returning to California in June 1938.
On the 20th of February 1974 Philip K. Dick received Darvon from a young woman while recovering from wisdom tooth extraction. This incident triggered hallucinations involving geometric patterns and images of Jesus that led him to document one million words in an eight-thousand-page journal known as the Exegesis between 1974 and his death in 1982.
The Man in the High Castle published in 1962 won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The book depicted an alternative history where Axis powers ruled the United States.
Films based on Philip K. Dick writing accumulated over one billion dollars in revenue by 2009. Notable adaptations include Blade Runner released in 1982 Total Recall adapted twice in 1990 and 2012 and Minority Report appearing in 2002.
Philip K. Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005. He also became the first science fiction writer included in The Library of America series in 2007.