He is a recipient of an Artists Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council and was a BookEnds Fellow with Stonybrook University.
[Coffee with a Canine: Giano Cromley & Kaiya and Tanka; My Book, The Movie: The Last Good Halloween]
Originally from Billings, Montana, he graduated from Dartmouth College and received an MFA from the University of Montana. He has worked as a speech writer and deputy press secretary in Washington, DC, and he has taught GED and ESL classes in Chicago. He is currently an English professor at Kennedy-King College, where he is chair of the Communications Department. He is also an amateur woodworker and a certified wildlife tracker. He lives on the South Side of Chicago with his wife and two dogs.
Cromley's new novel is American Mythology.
At CrimeReads the author tagged five "books to broaden your Sasquatch knowledge (whether you believe or not)." One title on the list:
Read about the other entries on the list.The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster by John O’Connor
While researching his book, O’Connor participated in several Bigfoot expeditions in order to better understand the individuals who spend their lives looking for this mythical creature. The portraits of the people he encounters are sensitive and honest, capturing the fact that their fascinations may tell us more about ourselves as a country than we care to admit.
--Marshal Zeringue
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