Swatek, Phillip M.

    Phillip Swatek was a newspaper reporter and editor in West Texas at the beginning of his career.  He served as a naval aviator during World War II.  When he married his wife, Margaret, a native of Ada, Oklahoma, he discovered that Ada had been the site for a mysterious killing in 1909.  This event, which pitted law enforcement officers against some of the toughest criminal along the Texas-Oklahoma border, has never officially been solved.  Intrigued by the story, he returned to it again and again.  The Pontotoc Conspiracy is a historical novel based on these events.

Phillip Swatek lives with his wife, Margaret, in Melbourne, Florida.  He is available for presentations and author events.  He can be reached via e-mail at mandpswatek@earthlink.net.