Philip James DaughtryBorn in Derwentwater, England in 1942, Philip James Daughtry is a descendant of American outlaws Frank and Jesse James. Daughtry entered the United States when he was thirteen. After dropping out of the University of Denver, he worked on wheat and catle ranches in the Horse Heaven Hills of Eastern Washington and in Colorado, Nevada and Belize, and lived on a mudflat ferry steamer in Sausalito before hitching to Laguna Beach where he served a three year apprenticeship in the local painters union while completing undergraduate and graduate work at UC Irvine. He was involved in the baby beat generation during the 1970s San Francisco Renaissance. His work is widely anthologized, and will be included in the upcoming anthology A Living Legacy (New Native Press, 2014). His publications include The Stray Moon, Kid Nigredo, Magic Harness, Celtic Blood, and The Centaur's Son. Night Ride with Dahlia is his first novel. He lives in Topanga, California, with his wife, artist Rita George. Read More Read Less