Music is both a generational curse and salvation for the Crabtree family in 1930's Appalachia when one man's song ignites superstition, rustic fears of heaven, and a lingering Cherokee myth that has followed them across centuries.
Jordan Dotson is an award-winning author, musician, and literary translator whose work has been featured in numerous publications and anthologies throughout the US and Asia.Born in Appalachian Virginia, he moved to China in 2005 to study classical poetry and folk music. Over fourteen years in Asia, he worked as a journalist, musician, writing teacher, and college admissions counselor, and eventually earned his MFA in Fiction from City University of Hong Kong. His lone co-written screenplay won the Jury Award in Narrative Shorts at more than thirty film festivals worldwide, and though he now resides in Boston, Jordan still considers Southwest Virginia home.
