Jeff South was born and raised in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and started writing stories about a ghost hunting cat named Midnight when he was only eight years old. He wrote short stor...view moreJeff South was born and raised in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and started writing stories about a ghost hunting cat named Midnight when he was only eight years old. He wrote short stories all through school and then discovered the world of theater and acting. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and then a Master of Arts in Theater from Central Missouri State in Warrensburg. He has taught theater, directed several plays, and acted in dozens of roles. As a writer, he maintains a blog, Upstream of Consciousness, where he writes about film, television, books, music, pop culture, and the occasional memory of growing up in southeast Missouri.
In addition to stage work, Jeff has acted in the 2014 short horror film Innards and in the 2017 feature length comedy Drinksgiving. He and his wife Sandy have three adult children, two dogs, and two cats. They currently live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.view less