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Michael Morris

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http://www.goodreads.com/MichaelMorrisBooks

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male

website

http://www.michaelmorrisbooks.com

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Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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Pat Conroy, Lee Smith, Flannery O’Connor, Clyde Edgerton, Eudora Welty

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April 2012

About this author

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A fifth-generation native of Perry, Florida, Michael Morris knows Southern culture and characters. They are the foundation and inspiration for the stories and novels he writes.

Michael started his career as a pharmaceutical sales representative and began writing in the evenings. The first screenplay he penned is still someplace in the bottom of a desk drawer.

While studying under author Tim McLaurin, Michael started the story that would eventually become his first novel, A Place Called Wiregrass. The debut book won the Christy Award for Best First Novel.

Michael’s second novel, Slow Way Home, was compared to the work of Harper Lee and Flannery O’Connor by the Washington Post. It was nationally ranked as one of the top three recommended books...more

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Michael Morris's Books

Average rating: 3.71 · 609 ratings · 128 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	Man in the Blue Moon 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Way Home 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place Called Wiregrass 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man in the Blue Moon 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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