Eric Eyre

Opioid writer, Parkinson's fighter. Author of the Edgar Award-winning book, DEATH IN MUD LICK.
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[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

Megan Rapinoe @mPinoe is launching a book club, and she has named DEATH IN MUD LICK as one of five books that changed her life. 🙏🙏🙏

So grateful and honored to even be mentioned with books by @rgay @katefagan3 @TaranaBurke and Ta-Nehisi Coates

https://t.co/qw8WJbButu

[Derek Krissoff @DerekKrissoff]

“Is Pittsburgh Appalachia?” they ask, and I take them to the regular old Barnes & Noble at Waterfront.

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

@DerekKrissoff Yep. Who knows? Maybe they'll be Vice President someday.

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

As part of its fall issue (out now) celebrating independent bookstores, WV Living Magazine has named DEATH IN MUD LICK to its final list of "Books Every West Virginian Should Read."

I'm extremely grateful to readers across the Mountain State!
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[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

Aren't we fortunate to have a bulldog reporter like @Mike__Tony covering the environment here in West Virginia?

Congrats, Mike, on your latest well-earned national award! #TheMachine
https://t.co/qoU9CIkCWT

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

@ejb1893 @lithub I agree 100% about American Overdose (penned by dogged reporter Chris McGreal). And add Fentanyl Inc., Raising Lazarus, American Cartel, Bad Medicine, American Epidemic, American Fix, The Hard Sell (aka Pain Hustlers), This is Ohio...and what am I forgetting?

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

Grateful to @lithub for choosing DEATH IN MUD LICK as one of the "10 Best Books for Understanding the Opioid Crisis."

Some good company, too...
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[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

Wow. Kate Mishkin, one of the most talented reporters to come through the Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail, is now writing screenplays and winning awards. Can't wait to see this -- POLITICS JR. -- turned into a TV series.

[Kate Mishkin @KateMishkin]

Either the universe or the judges have a sense of humor — I’m over the moon to share that my pilot "Politics Jr." is a semifinalist (top 2%!!) at @austinfilmfest.

I'm in really good company: https://t.co/pVyCctjTct

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

Webster Co., West Virginia, native Josh Stewart @J0SHSTEWART, an acclaimed Hollywood movie and TV actor/avid fly fisherman, has now cast his line into short story writing.

And it's a hell of a debut!

Already #1 on Amazon charts. Congrats, Josh!
https://t.co/o9ijYEnrDz

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

Thanks to Deep South Magazine @deepsouthmag for naming DEATH IN MUD LICK one of 10 books that "respect and honor the enduring soul of Appalachia" --and are not Hillbilly Elegy.
https://t.co/S9T3x9TPMx

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

Awesome to see West Virginia native @laurenpeace being honored with one of Florida's most prestigious journalism award.

[Lauren Peace @LaurenMPeace]

I feel so lucky to get to work alongside (and be edited by) such brilliant and caring people at @TB_Times who teach and inspire me daily. It’s been an honor to share a slice of Florida’s story these last (almost) three years.

I’m looking forward to continuing the work :)

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

West Virginia's own @elainesheldon has a new book in the works, and if it's anything close to her award-winning films, it will be damn good!

[West Virginia University Press @WVUPRESS]

We're pleased to announce that we've signed Academy Award-nominated, Peabody-winning, and two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon @elainemsheldon to write a book for us! This work, a reflection on her career as a documentary filmmaker, will blend personal essays with practical knowledge and is inspired by the queries that the director of King Coal receives from aspiring filmmakers.

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

@EverydayRegan @PhilKabler But, Chris, I would no longer be able to afford my driver!

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

@AvashiaNeema 🙏

[Brad McElhinny @BradMcElhinny]

Last week, I asked the governor about unpaid property taxes by his family businesses resulting in the public auction of hundreds of lots

He didn't like my question: "Brad, I really and truly don't even know why we continue to take your questions."

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

Once again West Virginia's own @AvashiaNeema nails it.
https://t.co/CEs4MtbOw8

[Dave Lavender @DaveTrippinWV]

Stoked for the release of the epic, Appalachian film King Coal by @elainemsheldon with DP work from @CurrenSheldon who won Cinematographer of The Year shooting in 37 locations in WV alone. Don't miss it on @POVdocs starting Monday. #wvfilm #madeinWV
https://t.co/mTjdXllKIu

[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

For those at #IRE24 (there are SO MANY PEOPLE here -- big kudos to @IRE_NICAR and its wonderful staff), @RaquelRutledge and I will be gabbing from 5-6 today in Platinum Salon 6.

So come see what a Platinum Salon is. (And could there possibly be 6?)

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

On a dusty field in West Virginia’s southern coalfields, cops, social workers and people recovering from addiction meet up once a year for games of softball.

The response to the region's drug overdose crisis “needs to be kind and loving”

https://t.co/egDVJzjHyo

[Eric Eyre @EricEyre]

What an amazing film by West Virginia's own Elaine Sheldon.

Best Documentary of 2023 -- by a mile, IMHO.

Thrilled to see KING COAL will be reaching an even wider audience.

[Dave Lavender @DaveTrippinWV]

So great to have the iconic WV film star Jennifer Garner on board to help advocate for drug prevention as GameChanger rolls out in all of WV's schools #opioidcrisis #drugprevention https://t.co/Np2H5kyg9b