Elwood Reid

Elwood Reid
Born	(1966-12-19) December 19, 1966 (age 58) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Michigan

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.^[1] Reid played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1985 to 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

• 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-ongoing)

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". Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. 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. Publishers Weekly

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

• Elwood Reid at IMDb