Elwood Reid, a former college football player, has been a carpenter, a bouncer, a cook, a bartender, and a writing instructor.His acclaimed short story ""What Salmon Know"" will be part of a collection to be published by Doubleday in 1999.He lives in upstate New York.
"A ferocious and brilliant debut novel about young men in love with violence. Advance praise for If I Don't Six: ""A fresh new voice, compelling and possessing a fierce honesty."" --Rick Bass, author of The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness ""Don't say you weren't warned. This book kept me up half the night."" --Charles Baxter, author of Believers ""I have a feeling that some people are going to be real upset with Elwood Reid....If you're intoxicated with college football, this book ought to sober you up. "" --John Dufresne, author of Love Warps the Mind a Little"