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Michael Morris (born Misha Stuczko, later Misha Stutchkoff; January 7, 1918 – died June 20, 2003) was an American television and film screenwriter, radio performer, and actor.
Michael Morris is an American author best known for writing the books: A Place Called Wiregrass, Slow Way Home, and Man in the Blue Moon. His debut novel, A Place Called Wiregrass won the Christy Award for Best First Novel.
The good and bad of the Old South is woven into a story that captivates the reader. An excellent book club selection!” — Jackie Willey, Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC.
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 is the author of the award winning novel, A Place Called Wiregrass, and Slow Way Home, which was named one of the best novels of the year by The Atlanta Journal ...
American screenwriter. Michael Morris (screenwriter) Life and career; External links
He is also the author of the award winning novel, A Place Called Wiregrass, and Slow Way Home, named one of the best novels of the year by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the St. Louis Dispatch. His novella, Live Like You Were Dying, was a finalist for the Southern Book Critics Circle Award.
Slow Way Home is a tender yet completely unsentimental tale of survival and redemption. Readers will be gripped by its pitch-perfect evocation of the South in the 1970s, when the gains of the civil rights movement were still tested at every turn. Praise for Slow Way Home. “An emotionally charged work that is as timely as it is touching.”—
