Scott McClanahan is the award-winning author of The Sarah Book, Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place, The Incantations of Daniel Johnston, Hill William, and The Collected Works of Scott McClanahan: Volume 1 and more. The Washington Post has called McClanahan's work "the genuine article" and The Millions has called him "The Poet Laureate of Real America." He is co-founder of Holler Presents and half of the band Holler Boys. He lives in West Virginia.