Philip Gulley
Philip Gulley grew up in Danville, Indiana, where he still lives with his wife and two sons, Spencer and Sam.
A Quaker minister, he was discovered by Paul Harvey, Jr., the son of the radio commentator Paul Harvey, when Paul, Jr. visited his Quaker meeting one Sunday and began receiving the congregation's newsletter. Mr. Harvey read one of Philip Gulley's essays on the air, a publisher overheard the broadcast and signed Phil to a multi-book contract, beginning with his first book, Front Porch Tales, published in 1997.
Fourteen books and nearly two million copies later, Philip Gulley continues to pastor at Fairfield Friends Meeting near Indianapolis, in addition to appearing on the PBS show Across Indiana, where his work earned him an Emmy award for commentary.
Philip Gulley's most recent book is Porch Talk, which Booklist compared to the work of Garrison Keillor, Annie Dillard, Wendell Berry, and Kathleen Norris. The Wall Street Journal said Philip Gulley "has a charming sense of small-town life—and a shrewd sense of life in general." He is currently at work on a memoir, recounting his coming-of-age years on Broadway Street in Danville. My Life On Broadway: Memories of a Misspent Youth is scheduled for release in the fall of 2008.
