Description: "James Young Phillips, AKA Philip Atlee--his pen name--was the rebellious scion of Texas country club nobility whose first novel, the highly praised The Inheritors, was compared to Hemingway and scandalized the Fort Worth social scene to such a degree that it was banned from the city's library shelves. From his reckless youth in Fort Worth to World War II adventures on bullet-strafed Chinese airfields, a tempestuous marriage to a runaway Swedish baroness, and his creation of fictional super-spy Joe Gall--America's hard-nosed answer to James Bond--Phillips's life story just might offend, and even outrage--but will certainly entertain"--
Brief description: James Young Phillips, pseudonym 'Philip Atlee', was a Ft. Worth native whose first novel so scandalized the well-to-do citizens of his Country Club upbringing that it was banned from public library shelves. Following stints as a flight dispatcher, Marine, Broadway publicist, and screenwriter, he turned to writing mystery and espionage novels, ultimately selling millions of copies worldwide.