Eryk Pruitt is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker living in Hillsborough, NC with his wife Lana and cat Busey. His short films FOODIE and LIYANA, ON COMMAND have won several awards at film festivals across the US. In 2015, he was a finalist for the Derringer Award for his short story "Knockout.". In 2018, his third novel, WHAT WE RECKON, was nominated for the prestigious Anthony Award. He produced and wrote the eight-part, true crime podcast THE LONG DANCE about the North Carolina Valentine's Murders. His latest novel, SOMETHING BAD WRONG, will be published in Spring of 2023. He can be found either at his desk, hard at work on another story, or mixing drinks at his bar, Yonder, in Hillsborough, NC. A full list of credits can be found at erykpruitt.com.