Gary Phillips has worked a lot of different jobs from being one of those maligned community organizers, to serving as the state director of a political action committee, to delivering dog cages. These, and other experiences that shall remain unmentioned, have supplied material for the numerous tales of the grift, the grab, and the dust-off he's written in formats from short stories to screenplays. His latest, besides editing Orange County Noir, include a short story in Phoenix Noir and co-writing a crime novel with pioneering rapper-actor Ice-T. He's been nominated for a Shamus award, and won a Chester Himes award and the Brody award. He also writes a regular column for Mystery Scene magazine and fourstory.org.

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