About
JeffPhillips lives in Chicago, IL. In 2006 heco-founded Three Leaves Productions with Daniel Mac Rae and set to workshooting a short film, Growing Out of Us, which Phillips co-wrote andacted in. They went on to shoot The Antimonk, Terra Incognita,and The Principles. They have also produced several plays of whichPhillips acted in dual roles as Walter Nordman and Jerry Thompson in Magnetsand Paul in Division & Shame. Phillips and Mac Rae co-wrote TheDrowning Exercises. Jeff Phillips is active with Wood Sugars Comedy and hasworked closely with filmmaker James N. Kienitz Wilkins, having acted in NatureMature, Jeremy Goes to the Beach, and Public Hearing. Phillips beena regular contributor to the Seeding Meat publication series produced byXIII Pocket, a Chicago production group dedicatedto original works, of which Phillips is a member of their artistic ensemble. Hehas also written for the Three Leaves publication, Bellows. Hereleased his first book, Whiskey Pike in the summer of 2009.
Description
<p>It’s hard to be committed to anyone when you don’t know whom to trust.</p><p>Alexis Toles, a former FBI agent turned undercover CIA agent, is quickly finding that out in Nancy Ann Healy’s newest political thriller, <i>Commitment</i>.</p><p>Alex embeds in a secret organization of intelligence operatives known as The Collaborative. Its partners include operatives from the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, US Department of Defense, and an entanglement of foreign intelligence agencies.</p><p>It’s about half a year after the death of President John Merrow, a friend and someone she respected. But she remains committed to overthrowing The Collaborative as she works with a onetime adversary who believes the organization’s involved in the president’s death.</p><p>Meanwhile Alex; her wife, Cassidy O’Brien; and Cassidy’s son try hard to live as a family but must first overcome personal struggles, including a nasty custody battle with Cassidy’s ex-husband, Congressman Christopher O’Brien. The family has their own share of secrets that, if unleashed, could affect their hopes for the future.</p><p>There’s no place to turn without discovering people who are not who they claim to be. That can’t stop Alex. She must remain committed to the cause, both at home and as she works against The Collaborative.</p>
Story Behind The Book
I had the gut feeling one day that it wasn't just children that enjoyed bedtime illustrated books, but there was also a drinking mankind out there that would savor a different sort of imaginary nightcap.
-Jeff Phillips
