Gilbert Morris is a Christy Award-winning, prolific Christian author. He is also sometimes cited as Gilbert L. Morris or Gilbert Leslie Morris.
Gilbert was born May 24 in Forrest City, Arkansas, the son of Osceola M. and Jewell Irene Gilbert Morris.
He was a pastor for 10 years before becoming Professor of English at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. He has a Ph.D at the University of Arkansas. During the summers of 1984 and 1985, he did postgraduate work at the University of London.
He currently lives in Gulf Shores, Alabama with his wife, Johnnie. He has 3 children, including a daughter, Lynn Morris and a son, Alan Morris, who have both co-written with him. His other daughter is named Stacey Smith. His granddaughter Dixie, who helped write the Dixie Series, also lives in Gulf Shores. She lives there with her husband Brad Downs and their son Jackson Gilbert Downs.
Many of his books are published by Bethany House Publishers.