Elwood Reid

Brian "Elwood" Reid (born December 19, 1966) is an American novelist, short-story writer and television screenwriter.

Elwood Reid
Born (1966-12-19) December 19, 1966
Alma materUniversity of Michigan

Early life

Reid was born in Cleveland, Ohio in a working-class area.[1] Reid played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1985-1986[2] on a football scholarship.[3]

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".[4]

Prose

Novels
  • D.B. (Doubleday, 2004; Anchor Books, paperback, 2005)[5]
  • Midnight Sun (Doubleday, 2000; Anchor Books, paperback, 2002)[6]
  • If I Don't Six (Doubleday, 1998)[7]

Short story collections
  • What Salmon Know (Doubleday, 1999)[8]

Television
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References
  1. "Reid, Elwood". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. "UM Football Roster Search". Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. "Elwood Reid - After the jump". Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. elwood reid [@elrudest] (20 August 2013). "One of the greats is gone. RIP Elmore Leonard" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. Kirkus Reviews
  6. Miles, Jonathan (15 October 2000). "Books in Brief: Fiction". The New York Times. p. 23. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  7. The Huffington Post
  8. Publisher's Weekly
  9. "Elwood Reid". IMDb. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

Further reading


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