Elliott Foster’s latest novel is Panic River and he is also the author of Whispering Pines, a 2015 Indie Book Award national finalist. His poetry has been published in The Green Blade literary journal, and he co-authored the 2019 memoir Retrieving Isaac & Jason with his father, Ken Flies. His essays have also been published in the Huffington Post and Daily Journal of Southern California. Elliott lives in Minnesota with a dog named Louie to whom he reads excerpts from his forthcoming work, a sequel to Panic River. So far, Louie approves.