The Cotton Is High

Creative imagination at work. Exciting, fast paced, and easy reading. Stories you like to read while snuggling in a warm blanket, and sitting by the fireplace in your favorite chair.

Jay Thomas Willis was born in East Texas. Graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a B.S. degree in sociology. He also graduated from Texas Southern University with a M.Ed. in counseling, in addition to receiving a MSW in social work from the University of Houston. Willis has held numerous social work positions, and has now turned to freelance writing. He has written fourteen books, several consumer articles, fifteen professional journal articles, and has written Op-Ed commentaries for the Chicago Defender, and an occasional "Guest Column for the Final Call Newspaper. He lives in Richton Park, Illinois, with his wife and two sons.