Philip Shirley
Madison, Mississippi
Writer. New thriller from Mindbridge Press was released on July 10, 2014 titled The White Lie. Previous fiction was a short story collection Oh don't You Cry For Me, which was a Jefferson Prize finalist. Also co-authored a cultural history of baseball with David Magee, Sweet Spot: The History of Baseball and the Louisville Slugger. Also run the South's oldest ad agency, GodwinGroup. Originally from Alabama, but living on a large reservoir in Mississippi. When not writing, working or fishing, I sometimes play in The Highway 49 Blues Band.