Description: The rugged, raw landscapes of Appalachia's small towns and larger cities serve as the backdrop for these eleven, engaging stories where the decisions and choices made by others forever alter the expectations and circumstances of a group of unforgettable characters.
Brief description: Eliot Parker is the author of four thriller novels. A graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with his M.F.A. in creative writing, Eliot is a recipient of the West Virginia Literary Merit Award, and his novel Fragile Brilliance was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize in Thriller Writing. His novel Code for Murder was bronze winner in genre fiction by America BookFest in 2018, and his most recent novel, A Knife's Edge, was an honorable mention at the 2019 London Book Festival. He is the host of the podcast program "Now, Appalachia," heard on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. A native of Charleston, West Virginia, Eliot teaches writing at the University of Mississippi and currently resides in Oxford, Mississippi and Chesapeake, Ohio.