Richard Murff has covered humanitarian issues across Latin America, Iraq, Ukraine, Libya and Clarksdale, MS, to name a few places. Murff spent his early career in advertising and marketing for a handful of global corporations. His less impressive jobs included writing sermons for a preacher who is very likely certifiably insane. After several years in the financial sector specializing in capital markets for government debt and collateralized securities, the economy blew-up. He has ghostwritten memoirs, business books and regional histories. His work has appeared in The Bitter Southerner, Delta Magazine, The American Spectator, Sail, The Daily News, and others. His books include Pothole of the Gods, Yellowcake, One Last Hour and Memphians. The Mint Julep cookie was created in his honor.
