Category: Profiles: Authors and Speakers

Eli Cranor is no stranger to Six Bridges Book Festival, he was actually here last year with his first book, Don't Know Tough. The question is, can he make it a three-peat? We caught him via email and asked him a few questions. You can catch him at UA Little Rock Downtown with Michael X. Wang on Saturday, September 30 at 11:30 a.m.

When it comes to summer reads, your mind might go to breezy beach reads where the protagonist is faced with the challenge of choosing between two equally suitable men. And while there is absolutely nothing wrong with a book like that, what about a moody book that dives beneath the surface of a once-forgotten city?

Ever wonder what the desserts at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party might taste like? Thanks to Alison, wonder no more. Her first cookbook, A Literary Tea Party answers the question of “what would a cookbook look like when written by someone obsessed with classic literature?”

How did your book “A Literary Tea Party” come about? 

We had the pleasure of sitting down [virtually] with Allison Larkin, and discussing her most recent book, The People We Keep. CALS: For anyone not familiar with your work, how would you describe your books?  Allison: There’s some difference in tone in the books I wrote as Allie Larkin and my writing as Allison Larkin,

Answers provided by translator, Paloma Landry

Tell us briefly about your book.
Our mind is the principal factor determining our experience, yet many people do not know what the mind is or how to use it to benefit themselves or others. This book is about the potential,

Tell us briefly about your book.
My latest is a collection of one hundred very short ghost stories called The Ghost Variations. It was published, after many delays, at the height of the pandemic.

What motivated you to write it?

Tell us briefly about your book.
A Lush and Seething Hell is a duology of short novels. It was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy Awards, and it’s an exploration of art and to a certain extent the sort of madness that trauma can bring to artistic pursuits.

Tell us briefly about your book.
What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel is a graphic nonfiction book that explores the stories surrounding the Crescent Hotel’s strange and tragic two years as the Baker Hospital, a Depression-era cancer hospital. The 240-page, fully painted graphic narrative blends oral histories, newspaper articles,