The Ivy is thrilled to present a conversation between Eli Cranor and Laura Lippman in celebration of Cranor's new novel, OZARK DOGS! Spend an evening on the patio as Eli and Laura discuss this immersive story about family and how far some will go to honor, defend—or in some cases, destroy it.

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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 work has won The Greensboro Review’s Robert Watson Literary Prize and been featured in Missouri Review, Oxford American, Ellery Queen, The Strand and others. Eli also pens a weekly column, “Where I’m Writing From” for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and his craft column, “Shop Talk,” appears monthly at CrimeReads. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Don’t Know Tough, won the Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel Contest.

Laura Lippman has been hailed as a distinctive voice in crime fiction. Recently named one of the "essential" crime writers of the last 100 years, she has produced 24 novels, a book of short stories, a collection of essays, and a children's picture book, and been published in more than 25 languages. A New York Times bestseller, she also has won more than 20 prizes for her work and been shortlisted for 30 more. Her 2019 novel, Lady in the Lake, will be produced as a television series starring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram. Her new novel, PROM MOM, will be published July 25, 2023. Lippman lives in Baltimore and New Orleans.

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