Elwood Reid is an American novelist and short-story writer. He worked as a cook, barkeeper, teacher and spent two years in Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 working as a carpenter. He is a 1996 graduate of the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 Creative Writing MFA Program. A native of Willoughby, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

, he attended Michigan as an undergraduate and played football for the Wolverines.

Novels

• D.B. (Doubleday, 2004; Anchor Books, paperback, 2005)
• Midnight Sun (Doubleday, 2000; Anchor Books, paperback, 2002)
• If I Don't Six (Doubleday, 1998)