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Brian "Elwood" Reid (born December 19, 1966) is an American novelist, short-story writer and television screenwriter.
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Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | December 19, 1966
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Reid was born in Cleveland, Ohio in a working-class area.[1] Reid played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1985 to 1986[2] on a football scholarship.[3]
A great influence on him was American novelist Elmore Leonard. When he died in August 2013, Reid, who considered Leonard to be a major influence, extended condolences to Leonard on Twitter and praised him as being "one of the greats".[4]