Corey Phillips was born and raised in Newport, TN, and graduated from Cosby High School in 2007. After 7 ½ years of active duty service in the U.S. Army, with two combat tours to Afghanistan, he moved on to study screenwriting at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ. He then transferred and studied creative writing to graduate with a Bachelors of the Arts from Southern New Hampshire University, NH, in 2021. LEEDS serves as Corey’s debut novel.