Author: Sam Savage
Alternate names: Samuel Phillips Savage; Samuel Savage
Born: 1940
Died: 2019
Bio: Samuel Phillips Savage (November 9, 1940 – January 17, 2019) was an American novelist and poet, best known for his 2006 novel *Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife.* Other published works are *The Cry of the Sloth, The Criminal Life of Effie O,* and *Glass.*