Craig Shreve

One Night in Mississippi Craig Shreve

Marc Notes: ; 8; After fifty years of guilt over his brother's brutal murder in Civil Rights-era Mississippi, Warren Williams decides to renew his fight to bring the men responsible to justice. His efforts put him face-to-face with one of the murderers, Earl Olsen, in a remote Ontario town where a contest of wits will end in death.. Description for Sales People: A man tracks down one of his brother's murderers fifty years after the event, instigating a meeting with deadly consequences. Biographical Note: Craig Shreve was born and raised in North Buxton, Ontario, the final destination for slaves escaping the United States via the Underground Railroad, and is a descendant of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a nineteenth-century anti-slavery activist. He is a graduate of The School for Writers at Humber College and was a semi-finalist in Amazon s Breakthrough Novel Award in 2010. Craig lives in Chatham, Ontario."Publisher Marketing: After fifty years of guilt over his brother s brutal murder in Civil Rights era Mississippi, Warren Williams decides to renews his fight to bring the men responsible to justice. His efforts put him face -to- face with one of the murderers, Earl Olsen, in a remote Ontario town, where a contest of wits will end in death. "One Night in Mississippi" is the story of a young activist named Graden Williams, who was brutally murdered in Mississippi during the sixties. After the perpetrators were charged but quickly released, Graden s brother, Warren, drifted aimlessly for decades, estranged from the rest of his family and struggling with guilt over his brother s death. But when the U. S. Justice Department begins re-opening cases like Graden s more than forty years later, he dedicates himself to bringing Graden s killers to justice. A phoned-in tip after a television appearance leads Warren to a remote town in northern Ontario, where he meets Earl Olsen, the only murderer still at large, who turns out to be very different than what Warren had expected."

Contributor Bio:  Shreve, Craig Craig Shreve was born and raised in North Buxton, Ontario, the final destination for slaves escaping the United States via the Underground Railroad, and is a descendant of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a nineteenth-century anti-slavery activist. He is a graduate of The School for Writers at Humber College and was a semi-finalist in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award in 2010. Craig lives in Chatham, Ontario.