Elwood Reid


Brian "Elwood" Reid is an American novelist, short-story writer and television screenwriter.

Early life

Reid was born in Cleveland, Ohio in a working-class area. Reid played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1985 to 1986 on a football scholarship.
A great influence on him was American novelist Elmore Leonard. When he died in August 2013, Reid, who considered Leonard to be a major influence, extended condolences to Leonard on Twitter and praised him as being "one of the greats".

Prose

Novels

  • D.B.
  • Midnight Sun
  • ''If I Don't Six''

Short story collections

  • ''What Salmon Know''

Television