Eli Cranor

Eli Cranor is a nationally bestselling author of mystery fiction novels, best known for his debut work "Don't Know Tough." Cranor's love for football is evident in his writing, as he played quarterback at every level, from peewee to professional, and then went on to coach high school football for five years. These days, he has traded in the pigskin for a laptop and writes from his home in Arkansas, where he lives with his wife and children.

Cranor's novel "Don't Know Tough" was awarded the Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel Contest and is set to be published by Soho Press in 2022. Over the course of his career, Cranor's fiction has garnered multiple awards, including from The Missouri Review in 2018 and The Greensboro Review in 2017. Along with writing fiction, Cranor also writes a nationally-syndicated sports column and his craft column "Shop Talk" appears monthly at CrimeReads. He is currently at work on his next novel.

Eli Cranor is not only a nationally bestselling and Edgar-Award-winning author but also a weekly columnist for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette and the Writer In Residence at Arkansas Tech University. He lives with his family on the banks of Lake Dardanelle. His third novel, "Broiler," is set to release in the summer of 2024.

In summary, Eli Cranor is a successful and accomplished author of mystery fiction novels, with a background in football. He has written a number of award-winning stories and is currently working on his next novel. He is also a nationally-syndicated sports columnist, a craft columnist for CrimeReads, a weekly columnist for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette and the Writer In Residence at Arkansas Tech University. He lives with his family in Arkansas.