Brian Allen Carr is the author of OPIOID, INDIANA, is an Aspen Words Finalist and a Wonderland Book Award winner. Originally from Texas, he lives in central Indiana with his family.
"""Bad Foundations by Brian Allen Carr is a raw and ferocious journey into the heart of the working class. It bleeds desperation and devours hope. Brian Carr is a blue-collar Raymond Carver, a Midwest Philip Roth who opens the pulsating wound that is the myth of the American Dream."" --S.A. Cosby, best-selling author of RAZORBLADE TEARS and BLACKTOP WASTELAND""With the journalistic thoughtfulness of Studs Terkel and the frenetic powerhouse reporting energy of Hunter S. Thompson, Brian Allan Carr depicts everyday American life and people with an observant, witty, and tender eye. Carr's Southern and Midwestern lyrical heart is unmatched."" --Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author""The landscape of Middle America is grim but has glimmers of hope in this outstanding novel from Carr . . . Both gripping and timely."" --Publishers Weekly""Electrifyingly good."" --New York Magazine"