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Tom Franklin was born and raised in Dickinson, Alabama. He held various jobs as a struggling writer living in South Alabama, including working as a heavy-equipment operator in a grit factory, a construction inspector in a chemical plant and a clerk in a hospital morgue. In 1997 he received his MFA from the University of Arkansas. His first book, Poachers was named as a Best First Book of Fiction by Esquire and Franklin received a 1999 Edgar Award for the title story. Franklin has published two novels: Hell at the Breech, published in 2003 and Smonk published in 2006. The recipient of the 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship, Franklin now teaches in the University of Mississippi's MFA program and lives in Oxford, Mississippi with his wife, the poet Be ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 56,610 ratings · 6,855 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 3.83 avg rating — 43,476 ratings — published 2010 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tilted World by Tom Franklin (Goodreads Author), Beth Ann Fennelly 3.86 avg rating — 5,520 ratings — published 2013 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell at the Breech 4.06 avg rating — 2,588 ratings — published 2003 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poachers: Stories 3.97 avg rating — 2,085 ratings — published 1999 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smonk 3.66 avg rating — 1,325 ratings — published 2006 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mississippi Noir (Akashic Noir) by Tom Franklin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ace Atkins (Goodreads Author), Michael Farris Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: Study Guide 2.69 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mobile Bay Tales by Tom Franklin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Barry R. Nowlin (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wilderer (Pulp Master 54) by Tom Franklin (Goodreads Author), Nikolaus Stingl (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter - das Abitur-Paket. Lektüre und Lektürewortschatz: Basisfach (3-stündig) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Maybe Larry was wrong about the word friend, maybe he'd been shoved away from everybody for so long all he was was a sponge for the wrongs other people did.”
― Tom Franklin, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

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“Was that what childhood was? Things rushing by out a window, the trees connected by motion, going too fast for him to notice the consequences?”
― Tom Franklin, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

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“The seat belt irked his father more than Uncle Colin's not eating meat, because, though his father never said it, Larry knew he considered seat belts cowardly.”
― Tom Franklin, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

tags: passenger-safety

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Polls

October BOTM Nominations "Mysteries"- 1st Poll

Top 5 books move onto the second round.

The Good Girl

by Mary Kubica

9 votes, 14.1%

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

9 votes, 14.1%

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

by Tom Franklin

7 votes, 10.9%

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

6 votes, 9.4%

The Ice Twins

by S.K. Tremayne

6 votes, 9.4%

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley

6 votes, 9.4%

The Sisters

by Claire Douglas

6 votes, 9.4%

Double Indemnity

by James M. Cain

4 votes, 6.3%

The Beekeeper's Apprentice

by Laurie R. King

3 votes, 4.7%

Gone for Good

by Harlan Coben

3 votes, 4.7%

The Cold Dish

by Craig Johnson

2 votes, 3.1%

Miracle Cure

by Harlan Coben

2 votes, 3.1%

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George

1 vote, 1.6%

64 total votes

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