Sam Morton
Biography:
A 1985 graduate of The Citadel, Sam Morton is co-author of five fiction anthologies and two novels. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in English.
His past occupations include a 12 year-stint as a robbery/ homicide detective, a ten-year career as a professional wrestler, and one long week as the blade changer on the potato cutting machine at the Frito Lay plant in Charlotte, NC
He is a freelance writer for a host of national and regional periodicals. His newest novel, Betrayed was nominated for a Newbery Medal for excellence in children’s literature and for the PEN/Faulkner award given by the Folger Shakespeare Library for the most notable American fiction in a calendar year.
Of Betrayed, best-selling South Carolina author pat Conroy says, “Armed with a powerful story, stunning language, and a belief that right must triumph, Sam Morton weaves a tale of laughter, passion, and fury in Betrayed. Don’t miss a word. Sam is an author on the move.”
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