Phạm Quang Ngọc was an army officer of the Republic of Vietnam. He was put in re-education camps for many years. He composes music and writes poems and short stories. He has published Tho Ngoc, Tho Nhac Pham Quang Ngoc, Ta Phai Thay Mat Troi, Con Co Em Nu Cuoi ... He writes regularly for Vietnamese Australian journals and newspapers like Viet Luan, Dan Viet and Chieu Duong.