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;

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, paperback, 2005) *''Midnight Sun'' (Doubleday, 2000;

, paperback, 2002) *''If I Don't Six'' (Doubleday, 1998)

Short story collections

*''What Salmon Know'' (Doubleday, 1999)Publishers Weekly

Television

*'' Close to Home'' (2006-2007) *''

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'' (2008-2010) *'' Undercovers'' (2010-2011) *'' Hawaii 5-0'' (2011-2012) *'' The Bridge'' (2013-2014) *''

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'' (2018–present) * ''

Barkskins ''Barkskins'' is a 2016 novel by American writer Annie Proulx. It tells the story of two immigrants to New France, René Sel and Charles Duquet, and of their descendants. It spans over 300 years and witnesses the deforestation of the New World fr ...

'' (2020–present) * '' Big Sky'' (2021)

References

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