Jeff Morris was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has lived there all his life. He published his first book, Haunted Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio, in 2009 while he was working as tour guide and cofounder of Miamitown Ghost Tours on the west side of Cincinnati. He then published the first edition of Cincinnati Haunted Handbook, Nashville Haunted Handbook, Twin Cities Haunted Handbook, Chicago Haunted Handbook, and then his first novel, Zombies: The True Story of the Titanic Disaster. Jeff still lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Jenn, and son, Koen.