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>FBI agent Alexis Toles is dispatched to New Rochelle, New York, to investigate threatening letters sent to Congressman Christopher O’Brien, and to protect his ex-wife, Cassidy, and six-year-old son, Dylan. But when she gets to New Rochelle, Alex discovers that there is more to the situation than simple stalking or political agendas; she finds that she has growing romantic feelings for Cassidy—and that the feelings are mutual.</p><p>As Alex and Cassidy explore their budding romance, they must surmount many obstacles in explaining their relationship to those around them, including Dylan. All the while, the investigation continues, and the disturbing, convoluted, and complicated web surrounding the threats begins to unravel, placing the characters’ lives in grave danger.</p><p><i>Intersection</i> is a taut political thriller that combines the action and suspense found in hit television shows like <i>24</i> with the insight and drama found in the widely popular fiction of LGBT authors such as R. E. Bradshaw and Stacey D’Erasmo. It is sure to appeal to fans of intrigue, mystery, and romance, and to provide positive role models for marginalized groups and relationships.</p>
Story Behind The Book
Turban Tan began as a flash fiction piece/short work of dialogue. It grew into a larger novella, exploring a longstanding idea I had about the future of economics and espionage.
