Seth David Morgan (April 4, 1949 – October 17, 1990) was an American novelist, who published one book, Homeboy (1990),[1] and was working on a second novel when he died.
[3] Morgan then moved to San Francisco, where he married for a second time, found work as a barker at strip clubs, and developed an addiction to heroin.
In it, Morgan used several experiences from his own life, including time spent as a barker in San Francisco and his prison term for armed robbery.
[5] From 1986 to 1987, Morgan lived in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans, at 1232 St. Andrew Street, a rental property owned by Metairie resident Marcel Jaffe.
[citation needed] In the spring of 1990, the publication of Homeboy led to positive reviews and book-signing engagements for Morgan in several cities, including San Francisco, where 14 years earlier he had impaled a bystander's hand with a knife during an armed robbery.
[5] Morgan told Suzie Groover, who accompanied him on the publicity tour, that he was afraid of getting arrested on outstanding warrants from years earlier.
[5] Shortly before midnight, Morgan and Levine were traveling on the St. Claude Avenue Bridge and hit the median strip, while he was attempting to maneuver into the right lane.
[5] The spokesperson considered that detail important because company officials were glad they had given Morgan only a small advance to work on the novel even though he had pleaded for a lot more money, and the amount they insisted on giving him made him "bitter".