Brian "Elwood" Reid (born December 19, 1966) is an American novelist, short-story writer and television screenwriter. Early life Reid was born in Cleveland, Ohio in a working-class area. Reid played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1985 to 1986 on a football scholarship. 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". Prose Novels D.B. (Doubleday, 2004; Anchor Books, paperback, 2005) Midnight Sun (Doubleday, 2000; Anchor Books, paperback, 2002) If I Don't Six (Doubleday, 1998) Short story collections What Salmon Know (Doubleday, 1999) Television Close to Home (2006-2007) Cold Case (2008-2010) Undercovers (2010-2011) Hawaii 5-0 (2011-2012) The Bridge (2013-2014) The Chi (2018–present) Barkskins (2020–present) Big Sky (2021) References Further reading Publishers Weekly The New York Times The New York Times The New York Times Publishers Weekly The New York Times Book Reviews External links University of Michigan alumni 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists Living people American male novelists American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers 1966 births 21st-century American male writers