Phil's avocation is writing.
He is a mystery writer, a business columnist and a novelist.
Phil Hardwick loves a good mystery. Early
in his career, he solved real ones as a police officer and state
investigator. These days he’s a professional economic and community
developer who spends his spare time writing mysteries. The first title in
Phil's brand-new
Great American Mystery Series will soon be released by Great American
Publishers. He is the author of
The Mississippi Mystery Series, a 10-book collection of short novels
featuring Jack Boulder, Mississippi's premier (fictional) private eye,
including the latest volume,
Letters from Lexington. Hardwick's award-winning column on real
estate and economic development appears bi-weekly in the
Mississippi Business Journal. Many of his columns have appeared in
regional publications around the country and one particular column was
recently selected as a chapter in a college history textbook. Copies
of his past columns are available for download at
amazon.com.(Type in PHIL HARDWICK in the Search Amazon bar.)
Phil Hardwick is Past-President of the
Mississippi Main Street Association, Mississippi Economic Development
Council, Mississippi Association of Partners in Education and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. He received his
undergraduate degree from Belhaven College and MBA from Millsaps College. He
is a graduate of the Senior Executives in State & Local Government executive
program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
During his military service, Hardwick was Security Team Leader for Army One,
the Presidential helicopter. He and his family reside in Jackson,
Mississippi.
