MORGAN MURPHY

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National security expert, author, and U.S. Navy captain, Morgan Murphy is a senior fellow with the America First Policy Institute, where he works with the nation’s foremost thought leaders to protect the United States.  Prior to joining AFPI, Morgan served as the national security advisor to U.S. Senator “Coach” Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama from 2021 to 2023 and the press secretary to the U.S. Secretary of Defense in the last year of the Trump administration. As a captain in the U.S. Navy Reserves, he is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, where he was awarded the Meritorious Defense Service Medal and the Afghan campaign medal, among others.

A longtime author, Morgan’s most recent book, On the Road Again (Time Inc. 2015), immediately hit #1 on Publisher’s Weekly list of bestsellers. Bourbon & Bacon (Time Inc. 2014), also launched #1 in wine and spirits. His other books include Second Helpings (Time Inc., 2013), Off the Eaten Path (Time Inc., 2011), and I Love You–Now Hush (Blair, 2010). Millions have read Murphy in Vanity Fair, Forbes, Esquire, Garden Design, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Post, Newsmax, Daily Caller, and Southern Living.

The Alabama native is a graduate of the University of Oxford, the U.S. Naval War College, and Birmingham-Southern College.

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Bestselling

Books by Morgan Murphy

Morgan Murphy Bourbon and Bacon

Dive into the South’s two favorite food groups (the others are salt and pie) with this bestselling book. Part one is a history of bourbon and how the famed spirit became sunshine in a glass. Part two is the ancient history of bacon and how to find the very best.

Hop in the Cadillac with Morgan and follow along on another epic Southern road trip from the Atlantic to West Texas, from Key West to Baltimore.  

The recipes Morgan find and pries out of restaurant owners and cooks will have you running for you skillet to recreate at home.

When one just isn’t enough, you’ll need to tuck into the hundreds of Southern dishes in this, Morgan’s bestselling book.  In its fourth printing, hundreds of thousands of readers made Second Helpings #1 on Amazon and Publisher’s Weekly.  Dig in and you’ll see why: easy-to-follow recipes and hints from the working chefs that made them famous. 

For the most mouthwatering, fascinating and awe-inspiring meals, the smallest hole-in-the-wall joints, diners and dives often offer the biggest flavor.  Combine that with a travel writer who knows the South—from Dallas to D.C. to Daytona—like the back of his hand and insightful facts about the South’s best- and least-known destinations, and you’ve got Southern Living Off the Eaten Path.  A treasure trove of “best kept secrets,” this book will inspire culinary action—whether that’s jumping in your car and heading right to the Pie Lab in Greensboro, Ala. or hitting the kitchen to recreate Pie Lab’s magical peach pie yourself.

By award-winning travel writer Morgan Murphy, and featuring a foreword by famed Southern novelist Fannie Flagg, this book touches upon Southern history, delightful personal stories, and interesting tales for how these well-loved restaurants came to be, visiting 75 dives and serving up recipes for 150 coveted menu items.  

I Love You Now Hush Cover

Bestselling humorist Melinda Rainey Thompson and Morgan Murphy team up to deliver a hilarious take on everything from asking for directions to the meaning of the word “fine.” 

Thompson opens each chapter with the fairer sex’s point point of view, which Murphy counters with a gentleman’s take.  You can almost smell the bourbon, cigar smoke, and sarcasm. 

From the Writer’s Forum: “The two writers make a great team, working off each other’s natural gift for humor while creating a truly hysterical read.”