Phillip DePoy was Artistic Director for Atlanta's THEATRICAL OUTFIT when it achieved national fame for such acclaimed work as BEOWULF, APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS (which he wrote), HAMLET THE MUSICAL (for which he wrote the music), and the first new translation of NO EXIT since its original English version. Review of his work appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, American Theatre, and London's Plays and Players. He has directed, composed music, or written plays for most theatres in Atlanta and throughout the region for the past twenty-five years.
His play EASY won the EDGAR award in New York for best mystery play in the country.
Mr. DePoy is also the author of nine published books, two published plays, and thirty-seven theatre pieces that have seen production throughout the country. His play Lamb on Fire was produced in New York. Appalachian Christmas has been produced throughout the United States every year since 1991. His Dell mystery novels, featuring Atlanta character Flap Tucker, have been called the best regional detective fiction on the market today, Too Easy was a Shamus Award finalist.
Recent review of his fiction call his Fever Devilin novels "some of the best regional fiction being written in America today." PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY calls the newest in the series, THE DRIFTER'S WHEEL, engaging throughout; solidly enjoyable" and insists that it will "keep readers guessing until the end. KIRKUS refers to DePoy as "a master of Southern storytelling."
The author is currently director of theatre for Clayton State University.
His play TURNED FUNNY recently received four SUZI awards (Atlanta's Tony
Awards). His newly commissioned CHRISTMAS AT SWEET APPLE sold out in 2007
at THEATRE IN THE SQUARE and will be returning there next Christmas.
Mr. DePoy has also just completed three new book contracts from St. Martin's Press in New York.
PUBLICATIONS:
Fiction:
Nexus Press
Messages from Beyond
Novels:
Dell:
Easy
Too Easy
Easy As 1,2,3
Dancing Made Easy
Dead Easy
St. Martin's Press:
The Devil's Hearth
The Witch's Grave
A Minister's Ghost
A Widow's Curse
The Drifter's Wheel
Plays:
Dramatic Publishing Company:
Angels
The Beggar's Opera (with William Fred Scott)
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