Eli Cranor
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Edgar-Award-winning author of DON’T KNOW TOUGH, OZARK DOGS, and BROILER (summer 2024)
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here's all you need to know about my next novel BROILER (in 2 mins) coming 7/2/24 from
@soho_press
preorder signed copies here:
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“…concrete jungle where dreams are made of… there's nothin' you can't do…”
what a night, fam 🖤
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Holy shit
DON’T KNOW TOUGH
@nytimes
“Best Crime Fiction” for 2022
big thanks to
@sarahw
for connecting with this book from the start
and so damn proud to see my work alongside the great
@WandaMo14
!
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My debut novel DON’T KNOW TOUGH (
@soho_press
) is available wherever books are sold.
“One of the best debuts of 2022.”
—
@nytimes
“A major work from a bright, young talent.”
—
@USATODAY
Amzn:
B&N:
IndieB:
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my third novel BROILER is officially out today
I dedicated this one to my mom
she’s let me read every book I’ve ever written aloud to her (usually more than once)
she brought me into this world
AND, yes, she wore a top to match the BROILER cover for this pic
love u, Mom 🖤
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COVER REVEAL + 1st chapter from my 3rd novel BROILER
it’s about an AR chicken plant, and so much more
cover design by THE Janine Agro
many thx to
@CrimeReads
for the love
preorder signed first editions from
@ilovedogear
here:
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proud to announce that starting fall 2023 I’ll be the writer in residence at
@ArkansasTech
extra special bc this whole wild ride started in an undergrad intro to creative writing course
also…
it feels real damn good to say I’m a full-time writer 😎
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i’m one lucky dude to get to keep doing this thing I love with people I love:
@Julietgrames
@davidhalesmith
@bronwenh
BROILER coming in hot, summer 2024, from
@soho_press
(nothing says “Arkansas” like a chicken plant)
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my 2nd novel OZARK DOGS hits shelves today
thx
@julietgrames
@davidhalesmith
@bronwenh
@soho_press
for making this dream a reality
if you like your thrillers served southern-fried with at least 2 major twists, then this one’s for you
get DOGS here
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Congrats to
@blacklionking73
on the next book—and getting his name in that big-ass, on-top-the-title font!
You are there, man. All the way there.
Cannot wait to read ALL THE SINNERS BLEED 🩸
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the professor is IN
this whole crazy writing journey started in an intro to creative writing class
and in ONE hour, I’ll be teaching my own for the first time ever
wish me luck!
(and here’s a column where I tell the whole story)
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BROILER galleys landed at the lake🐣
The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless underworld of an Arkansas chicken processing plant.
Preorder here (if u want):
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so damn cool to see OZARK DOGS chosen by the Library of Congress as the “Great Reads” selection from Arkansas for 2024
means a hell of a lot to me to rep the Natural State in this way
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BOOK 2 COVER REVEAL!
OZARK DOGS hits shelves 4/4/23 🖤
@soho_press
Thx
@blacklionking73
for the blurb!
In this Southern thriller inspired by a chilling true story, 2 families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkansas town.
PREORDER:
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damn proud to see OZARK DOGS nominated for the Barry
even prouder to be mentioned alongside heroes
@blacklionking73
@jordan_harper
@Lou_Berney
@adrianmckinty
@dennis_lehane
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i’ve taken this one as far as I can take her
about to send the next book in
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so cool to see DKT nominated for an
@EdgarAwards
alongside such kick-ass authors
shoutout to my editor
@julietgrames
and
@soho_press
on the multiple noms
if this journey’s taught me anything, it’s that the crime writing community is special
just thankful 2 be a part of it
Best First Novel by an American Author:
@IAmEEAdams
,
@elicranor
,
@reelindian
,
@katie_gutz
,
@gracedli
.
#Edgars2023
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Galleys for OZARK DOGS landed at the lake. Feels just as sweet the 2nd time around. Maybe sweeter, somehow?
Coming 4.4.23. from
@soho_press
Preorders up & running:
If you’re interested in snagging an early copy, drop a comment and I’ll do what I can.
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Been sitting on this news for a minute. Still doesn’t feel real. DKT was rejected over 200 times. Then
@wmboyle4
points me to
@soho_press
contest & few months later I get a call from
@julietgrames
. Thanks to Peter,
@bronwenh
&
@ada115
for taking me on.
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first author photo (2016) vs current author photo (2022)
is this what a life of (writing) crime does to you?
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pinching myself to be in such fine company
my DOGS got shortlisted for a daaaagger!!!
🗡 THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER
@TheIanFleming
#CWADaggers
SA Cosby: All the Sinners Bleed
Eli Cranor: Ozark Dogs
Jordan Harper: Everybody Knows
Kotaro Isaka: The Mantis
Femi Kayode: Gaslight
TJ Newman: Drowning
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here’s the book I’m working on, and the books that are keeping on track
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i wrote one COVID story
it's called MASK UP and it's about two dudes using the pandemic to their benefit as they look to rob a liquor store
oh, and it's about Arkansas too
proud to see MASK UP in the latest edition of
@eqmm
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have officially reached the "print-an-entire-act-out-and-staple-it-to-the-wall" stage of this revision
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hot damn
what a day👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
all the love to everybody who wished OZARK DOGS well (and apologies if I missed responding properly on here—will try to remedy come morning)
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heard from
@DavidJoy_Author
that there’s about 8 of these ARCs floatin around
I just finished TWTWK and would like to spread the love
if you’d like to own this copy (with my scribbles and notes in the margins) retweet/like
final tabulation Friday🐍 (I’ll mail it out next week)
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wish I could take credit for catching this one…
lil sister’s got skills
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thrilled to be a
@Bouchercon
Anthony Award nominee alongside such stellar authors
shoutout to
@soho_press
sister
@reelindian
and editor extraordinary
@Julietgrames
for once again having two authors in the mix
much love to all my pals who also made the cut (too many to list!)
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much love and many thanks to
@Fat_DaddysBBQ
for making this small town guy feel real big time
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Growing up in AR, it was one thing to get your name in the local paper—it was a whole different thing to see it in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Proud to announce I’m now a weekly columnist for
@ArkansasOnline
.
Hope y’all dig “Where I’m Writing From.”
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welp...
DON’T KNOW TOUGH made
@USATODAYBooks
’s “Best of 2022” list
…and at this point, all I can say is THANK YOU to everybody who read Billy’s story, thanks to
@todgoldberg
for such a glowing review, and thanks to
@soho_press
, for every damn thing
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two years ago today, I got an email that changed my life forever
that email now hangs above my desk, a reminder that all it takes is one YES
forever grateful to Peter Lovesey,
@julietgrames
,
@bronwenh
, and the whole
@soho_press
gang
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if you’ve got 6 minutes to spare, I hope you'll give this new mini doc a watch
“In Order to Write” dives deep into my daily creative process
much love and many thanks to filmmaker, Heath Whorton
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NEW BOOK COMING 2023
Shoutout to
@davidhalesmith
, agent (and fisherman) extraordinaire.
@julietgrames
,
@bronwenh
& all the other good folk
@soho_press
.
And I’ve got 2 thank Arkansas 4 this one. It’s a messy, complicated state, which makes for one hell of a (partly) true story.
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some kid wouldn’t shut up during a recent reading
it’s happened before
but this time was so bad
I had to say something…
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Took 30 days off from Twitter after
@lisaunger
told me about DEEP WORK. Gonna stay away a bit longer. Feels like my brain is breathing again. Went back to writing longhand too.
And...
Just got word DKT is getting a SECOND PRINTING! New edition out in early Aug. Stay tuned! 🙏
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DON’T KNOW TOUGH paperback hits shelves today
six years ago, I printed off the first draft
so damn cool to see those same pages make it all this way
big thanks, as always, to
@soho_press
@julietgrames
@bronwenh
@davidhalesmith
and Peter Lovesey 🖤
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Honored to be long listed for the Steel Dagger alongside such heavyweights and dear friends
Incredible list: but there are 3 modern masterpieces included; “All the Sinners Bleed”, “Ozark Dogs” & “Everybody Knows”.
@blacklionking73
@elicranor
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2 Elmore Leonard signed 1st ed
+
1 piece of local art titled “Ozark Winter” with a ukiyo-e vibe
+
24 kid-free hours with the wifey
=
1 helluva 35th bday
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⭐️⭐️⭐️
THRILLED to see a STARRED review of OZARK DOGS in
@ALA_Booklist
especially thankful for this line:
“In only his second novel, Cranor has transformed a familiar noir theme into a multidimensional tragedy of great power and beauty. “
— Bill Ott
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DON’T KNOW TOUGH (coming March 8th, 2022)
Preorder here:
Or from my local indie (they’ll have signed copies and such):
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Please take 5 mins to read this…
it’s my straight-from-the-heart tribute to the man who decided to host a debut crime novel contest on his 50th anniversary (instead of throwing a party) and as a result gave me EVERYTHING
much love and many, many thanks to Peter Lovesey
"It's been a blast, a dream come true, and none of it would've been possible without Peter Lovesey,"
@elicranor
writes in a piece for
@nwademgaz
.
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i can promise you I enjoyed signing every damn one of these books
much love and many thanks
@LemuriaBooks
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Despite tornado sirens mid-event, the DON’T KNOW TOUGH book launch went off without a hitch! All the books are gone and I’m still coming down.
HUGE thanks to
@ilovedogear
and my beautiful wife for putting it together.
Next stop
@SquareBooks
!
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BROILER author copies arrived today🐣
coming to a store near you July 2, 2024
(big thanks to
@LauraMLippman
,
@danyakukafka
, and
@katie_gutz
for the kind words)
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new Shop Talk up
@CrimeReads
feat my good pal
@michael_f_smith
“I wrote six novels teaching full-time, married, raising two daughters, and I got them all done because I decided to go to work on it every morning, even if it was for only 30 minutes.”
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anybody else keep hard copies of their manuscripts, or am I the only psycho who still does this?
#amwriting
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Really cool when a reviewer pulls one line out of your book, and it’s your favorite damn line in the whole damn book.
Thrilled to see DON’T KNOW TOUGH reviewed by Publishers Weekly!
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been a fast and furious last few days
one library, one radio show, two news stations, and over 400 high school students
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over 200 students from ONE high school signed up for an all-day writing festival
if that don’t give y’all some hope, don’t know what will
much love and many thanks to
@BWHS_Wolverines
for the invite and
@atuenglishwl
/
@ArkansasTech
for the opportunity 🖤
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just boarded the plane for my first-ever trip to NYC
excited abt tonight’s
@BNTribeca
event w/
@reelindian
,
@katie_gutz
,
@IAmEEAdams
, all fellow noms for the First Novel by an American Author
@EdgarAwards
, moderated by my dude
@alex_segura
come hang!
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DON’T KNOW TOUGH paperbacks coming to a bookstore near you (2.21.23
@soho_press
) complete with a shiny red badge and a
@blacklionking73
blurb
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Finding a copy of
@nytimesbooks
in small-town Arkansas ain’t easy, but damn it feels good to finally hold this bad boy in my hands.
Thanks to
@sarahw
for the dead-on review, and for calling DON’T KNOW TOUGH “one of the best debuts of 2022.”
DKT hits shelves 3/22/22.
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Yesterday was pretty big, but today’s even bigger.
Happy 9 year anniversary to this foxy momma.
So damn happy we’re getting to take this wild-ass ride together.
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Hot dammmmn!
Ozark Dogs is a
@FT
BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER!!
Much love and many thanks to
@soho_press
and
@HeadlineFiction
for spreading this book far and wide
🖤
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day started off like this... and just got better. HUGE thanks to
@CrimeReads
for including OZARK DOGS on their "Best Crime Novels of 2023" list
congrats to everybody, check em all out here:
PS: paperback pictured is SPLIT IMAGES by Dutch (straight 🔥)
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So many great reviews landed this week for DON’T KNOW TOUGH, but it’s hard to top this one my 11th grade English teacher sent my mom last night.
#ThanksMrsFranks
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3 sessions and 22 hours in the studio with Big Kev, and the OZARK DOGS audiobook is finally done
(if you need me I won’t be talking for the next week)
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congrats to this year’s Hammett prize nominees
happy to see DKT in the mix
thanks, as always, to
@soho_press
for taking a chance on this story
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Did a really bad job keeping up with the phone but had a blast at
@Bouchercon2022
Loved getting to meet all y’all in real life and watching my dude
@blacklionking73
bring home all the🏆
So damn thankful to
@davidhalesmith
and
@soho_press
. And Ames for midnight pizza 🏴☠️
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Damn good mail day. Thanks for the copies
@eqmm
.
If you’re after a wild story about two former football stars coming back to rob their high school’s concession stand—look no further than “Double Fly Rocket 87,” the Black Mask selection for the Jan/Feb issue of Ellery Queen!
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the look on my face is indicative of how much fun I had talking to Catholic High (
@rocketalumni
) yesterday
holy smokes
don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun talking books
what a great group of students
thx to
@steve_straessle
for setting it up
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if you’re a writer of any stripe, I hope you’ll take a minute to read this week’s “Where I’m Writing From” column:
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Got to talking a lot about writing longhand on here the other day, and somebody brought up the drudgery of transcribing.
Yes, there is drudgery involved, but it also feels damn good to rip a page from that pad and place it neatly atop that stack on the left.
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so damn thankful to see DKT get nominated for a Lefty Award alongside fellow
@soho_press
debut author Ramona Emerson (
@reelindian
)
annnnnd
HUGE congrats to our editor
@julietgrames
for having TWO books receive nominations 🖤 you’re amazing!
graphic credit:
@GValjan
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NEW SHOP TALK up
@CrimeReads
featuring a literary hero of mine…
“Fiction at its best is very distinctive. That’s the kind of story I want write, so I try to keep fewer and fewer people involved.”
—
@Lou_Berney
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thrilled to see DON’T KNOW TOUGH long listed for a CWA DAGGER award alongside such fine novels
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cannot put into words how much Jimmy Buffett meant to me as a man and an artist but maybe this picture will help
this is the chain I wear every day
“Little Miss Magic” is for my daughter
The shark is for my son, “Fin”
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OZARK DOGS out in paperback today
get ‘em while they’re hott
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Last night I spoke
@ArkansasTech
& this young man was sitting up front taking notes. He raised his hand & said he played fball & 1 day he’d be a published author.
At the end, we had a drawing for a copy of DKT &
@Zalenthegreat
won.
Fate’s a funny thing. Go make your mark, Z!
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BROILER chosen by Amazon as one of the "Best Books of July"
hot damn!🔥🔥🔥
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