<p>Phillip Quinn Morris was born in Limestone County, Alabama, in 1954. His father owned a small farm at the edge of town and a grocery store in town.  Phillip worked at both while growing up and going to school. As a young adult, he moved to Miami—with a short stint in Ecuador—to pursue the writer’s life. He has worked as a meat-cutter, engine-rebuilder, mussel diver and house painter.</p><p>Phillip’s first novel, MUSSELS, was published by Random House. It was followed with the publication of THIRSTY CITY. Both novels are now in print in French translation.</p><p>Harry Crews called him “a talent to watch.” The French <em>Rolling Stone</em> gave him a full page article concerning MISTER ALABAMA, the French title for MUSSELS.</p><p>He now lives on the west coast of Florida.</p><p/>
