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Eli Cranor

Eli Cranor
Eli Cranor lives and writes from the banks of Lake Dardanelle, a reservoir of the Arkansas River nestled in the heart of True Grit country. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Don't Know Tough, won the Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel Contest and was named one of the "Best Books of the Year" by USA Today and one of the "Best Crime Novels" of 2022 by the New York Times. Eli is currently at work on his next book, Ozark Dogs, which will be published by Soho Crime in 2023. Eli Cranor played quarterback at every level: peewee to professional, and then coached high school football for five years. These days, he's traded in the pigskin for a laptop, writing from Arkansas where he lives with his wife and kids. Eli's novel Don't Know Tough was awarded the Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel Contest and was published by Soho Press in March 2022.
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Shop Talk: How Nita Prose Wrote a Bestseller in Shifts, Working at Dawn and Dusk

Crime writers talking craft, routine, and balancing the work with day jobs.

March 16, 2023  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: Brendan Slocumb Absolutely Does Not Listen to Music While He's Writing

Crime writers talk routine, revision, and what kind of background noise is right for the workday.

February 28, 2023  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: Jane Harper Makes a Plan for Her Novels...Then Several Hundred Mugs of Tea

Crime writers talking routines, outlines, and editing in hard copy.

January 12, 2023  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: The Year in Review

Eli Cranor reflects on a year of talking to crime writers, with the distilled wisdom, superstitions, and coffee recommendations to prove it.

December 20, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: Yasmin Angoe Does a Lot of Thinking and No Outlines

Crime writers talking writing routine, tools of the trade, and getting in the right head space.

November 10, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: Dwyer Murphy on Writing Routines, Superstitions, and Reading Elmore Leonard Like a Bible

Crime writers talking craft, classics, and too much coffee.

July 28, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: James Kestrel on Writing Novels During Lunch in Quiet Honolulu Bars

Crime writers talking writing routines, revision, and finding the right bar atmosphere for an epic crime novel.

July 7, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: Lisa Unger on Waking Up Early, Carving Out Time, and Writing Longhand in the Target Parking Lot

Crime writers talking routine, discipline, and what it takes to write a book every year.

June 2, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: David Joy Hates Talking About Craft (But He's Going to Make an Exception)

"It’s really a compulsion. I’d feel like I’d die if I didn’t get these stories out of me."

April 21, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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Shop Talk: Kellye Garrett Finds a Character, Finds a Murder, and Starts Filling up the Notebooks

Crime writers talking craft, routine, and finding the perfect twist.

April 7, 2022  By Eli Cranor
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