Elwood Reid

Brian "Elwood" Reid (born December 19, 1966) 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. (Doubleday, 2004; Anchor Books, paperback, 2005)
• Midnight Sun (Doubleday, 2000; Anchor Books, paperback, 2002)
• If I Don't Six (Doubleday, 1998)

Short story collections

• What Salmon Know (Doubleday, 1999)

Television

• Close to Home (2006–2007)
• Cold Case (2008–2010)
• Undercovers (2010–2011)
• Hawaii 5-0 (2011–2012)
• The Bridge (2013–2014)
• The Chi (2018–present)
• Barkskins (2020–present)
• Big Sky (2021)
• The Old Man (2024)
• Tracker (2024–present)

References

Further reading

• Publishers Weekly
• The New York Times
• The New York Times
• The New York Times
• Publishers Weekly
• The New York Times Book Reviews

External links