Scott Phillips (1) (1961–)
Author of The Ice Harvest
For other authors named Scott Phillips, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Scott Phillips is the author of highly acclaimed crime novels. His debut novel, The Ice Harvest, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and won the California Book Award, a Silver Medal for Best First Fiction, and was a finalist for the Edgar Awards, the Hammett Prize and the Anthony Award. show more Its follow-up The Walkaway continued his success. His third novel, Cottonwood, is now out in paperback. Born in Wichita, Kansas, Scott lived for many years in Paris, and then in Southern California. He now lives in St. Louis with his wife and daughter. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Scott Phillips
The Emerson, 1950 1 copy
Babs 1 copy
Associated Works
Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2009) — Contributor — 42 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1961
- Gender
- male
- Birthplace
- Wichita, Kansas, USA
- Places of residence
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
France - Education
- Wichita State University
- Occupations
- salesperson
photographer
translator
screenwriter
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Rum Sodomy and False Eyelashes- Scott Phillips. How can you not pick up a book with a title like this?
A book of short stories, only one or two were not really interesting, the rest were good to very good. The author is still better when writing a traditional length novel.
A book of short stories, only one or two were not really interesting, the rest were good to very good. The author is still better when writing a traditional length novel.
There are a lot of layers of St. Louis life for authors to pull from to fuel their stories’ emotional turbulence: economic disparities, racism and segregation, urban decay, failing school systems, police brutality, environmental disaster zones, and so forth. But at the heart of nearly every story in “St. Louis Noir” is someone who makes mistakes and keeps making mistakes long after any sensible person would have stopped and re-evaluated their life decisions. Some stories are like artful train wrecks, in which readers can barely look away before seeing what disastrous turn the protagonist’s life takes.
You can read my full review of ST. LOUIS NOIR at the Current independent student newspaper website. A reviewer copy of the paperback was provided for free by Akashic Books; no other compensation was offered for this review, nor was a review required to receive the book.… (more)
You can read my full review of ST. LOUIS NOIR at the Current independent student newspaper website. A reviewer copy of the paperback was provided for free by Akashic Books; no other compensation was offered for this review, nor was a review required to receive the book.… (more)
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If you like Elmore Leonard books, you will enjoy That Left Turn at Albuquerque!
This book was very funny, with a cast of characters who are all bad to their core, who will back stab everyone involved in a scheme to get rich off of a dying old man- who is also a horrible person, by selling a painting he has that he thinks is worth 1/1000 what it is actually worth.The characters are over the top with zero morals,
The dying former Hollywood producer
His violent sleazebag attorney
The attorneys wife
The nephew of the dying man
The lawyers girlfriend
The lawyers wife’s boyfriend
The art history major who happens to be an assistant to the dying producer
I loved this book!… (more)