Tom Franklin

Smonk

Deranged outlaw woman terrorizes rural Deep South with violent unpredictability

About the author

Tom Franklin

Tom Franklin is an American crime writer and short story writer from Alabama whose debut novel Hell at the Breech drew comparisons to Cormac McCarthy for its portrayal of violence in the rural South. Crooked Letter Crooked Letter is a beautifully written crime novel about race and memory in Mississippi. He received the Edgar Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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