In 2022, Morton published Tasha: A Son's Memoir, which chronicles his complex relationship with his mother, whose worsening dementia caused her health to decline.
Of The Dylanist, Carolyn See wrote in The Los Angeles Times: "How hard it is to write about a wonderful book where nothing 'happens' except precious life.
"[8] Reviewing A Window Across the River in the Palm Beach Post, Scott Eyman wrote: "Brian Morton is some strange kind of magician; his novels have the luminous transparency of a great city at twilight.
"[9] In his appraisal of Breakable You in The Chicago Tribune, Art Winslow noted: " One thing Morton is to be complimented on is the honesty of the emotional complex he builds into his characters, in which no set of feelings escapes being alloyed with elements of its opposite.
"[10] Kirkus Reviews summed up its notice of Florence Gordon by saying: "Always a pleasure to read for his well-drawn characters, quiet insight and dialogue that crackles with wit, Morton here raises his own bar in all three areas.
"[11] Morton lives with his partner Heather Harpham, a drama teacher, performer and author[12] of a memoir, Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After.