Doug Crandell

Doug Crandell is the author of six books, one of which beat out former President Jimmy Carter for the Georgia Author of the Year Award. Doug's novel, The Flawless Skin of Ugly People has been optioned by Big Talk Productions, with Jack Thorne writing the screenplay and James Griffiths set to direct. Doug has won grants and fellowship competitions from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, the Hohenberg Foundation, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Booker Prize Winner, Peter Carey, chose Crandell's story, Even if He is a Slave, for the River City Award in Fiction. Doug is a frequent contributor to the venerable SUN Magazine.