VJ Books Features Phoef Sutton!
Phoef Sutton started as an actor and playwright in college; he was lucky enough to go to a small liberal arts college in Virginia, James Madison University, which encouraged student playwrights. Phoef was one of the only undergraduates to win the Norman Lear Award for Comedy Playwriting. After graduation, Phoef had plays produced at various regional theaters around the country, had his award winning play BURIAL CUSTOMS selected for publication by the Theatre Communications Group and was awarded a National Endowment for Arts Playwrights Fellowship.
After marrying and moving to Los Angeles, Phoef started his career at the NBC television show CHEERS. He stayed with the show for eight years, working his way up from staff writer to executive producer, winning two Emmys and a Writer's Guild Award. A greater training ground for a writer could not be imagined.
After CHEERS, Phoef has produced and created a number of television shows and consulted on others, including NEWS RADIO and BOSTON LEGAL. He is honored to have won a Peabody Award, a GLAAD award and a Television Academy Honors award for this work on BOSTON LEGAL. Recently, he has worked on critically acclaimed series TERRIERS for FX and THE SOUL MAN for TV Land and DEFIANCE for the SyFy Channel.
A particular favorite is of his is the cult comedy THANKS, a sit-com about the Pilgrims starring Cloris Leachman and Jim Rash.
He has enjoyed working with actors as diverse as Bob Newhart, John Cleese, Emma Thompson, Tim Curry, Brian Dennehy and William Shatner. He has directed a short film, a suspense tale called 'TIL DEATH, starring Joe Mantegna. 'TIL DEATH has been shown at various film festivals around the world and received prizes at the Garden State Festival and WorldFest in Houston, Texas.
Phoef has also worked for many years as a screenwriter and script doctor. MRS. WINTERBOURNE, directed by Richard Benjamin was an adaptation of a novel by one of his favorite authors, Cornell Woolrich. THE FAN, directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert DeNiro was an adaptation of the novel by Peter Abrahams.
Phoef is also a published novelist and has co-authored a series of books with best selling author Janet Evanovich.
Phoef lives in South Pasadena, California with his wife Dawn and his daughters Skylar and Celia.
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Phoef Sutton Bibliography
Knight and Moon Series (co-authored with Janet Evanovich)
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Curious Minds (Book #1) - 2016
Lizzy and Diesel Wicked Series (co-authored with Janet Evanovich)
- Wicked Charms (Book #3) - 2015
Other Books
- Always Six O'Clock - 1998
- Midnight Special (Dead Man #12) - 2012
- The Dead Man Vol 4: Freaks Must Die, Slaves to Evil, The Midnight Special - 2012
- Fifteen Minutes to Live - 2013
- Reborn - 2014
- Crush - 2015
- Heart Attack and Vine - 2016
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