Eli Cranor

Nationally bestselling, award-winning author Eli Cranor writes from Arkansas where he lives with his wife and kids. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Don't Know Tough , won the Edgar Award and was named one of the Best Books of the Year by USA Today and one of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by The New York Times . Eli also pens a weekly column, "Where I'm Writing From," for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , and his craft column, "Shop Talk," appears monthly at CrimeReads. His second novel,...See more

Nationally bestselling, award-winning author Eli Cranor writes from Arkansas where he lives with his wife and kids. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Don't Know Tough , won the Edgar Award and was named one of the Best Books of the Year by USA Today and one of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by The New York Times . Eli also pens a weekly column, "Where I'm Writing From," for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , and his craft column, "Shop Talk," appears monthly at CrimeReads. His second novel, Ozark Dogs , was a national bestseller. Eli currently serves as the Writer in Residence at Arkansas Tech University. For more information, visit elicranor.com. See less