Eliot Parker is the author of five thriller novels and two collections of short stories. His thriller novel “A Final Call,” was named a “Best Book to Discover in 2022” by Kirkus Magazine and was a finalist for the Hawthorne Prize for Thriller Writing. He was won the PenCraft and Feathered Quill Book Awards for his short story collections and has received the West Virginia Literary Merit Award for his works. Eliot is the host of “Now, Appalachia” book podcast on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. He teaches writing at the University of Mississippi.