Bio
First.
I was born in Connecticut and lived my first ten years next door to the town library. Minimum two trips per week. My first hero in life was the chief librarian. Though my family moved twice while I lived with them, I was never beyond walking distance. The library was my true home, my refuge, my gateway to the world. Later in life I added book stores (and music stores) to my places of refuge.
I attended parochial grammar school, public high school, a Jesuit college and law school. All in all, the most interesting books were generally not the ones assigned. I consider myself a child of Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, “James Tiptree, Jr.” (Alice Sheldon), Cordwainer Smith, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Octavia Butler, Ursula Le Guin and many others. Never forget to check the banned books list. Reading is the gateway drug to writing.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have short stories published in Mageand Aphelion. A few years ago I self-published a novel, The Gravity of Light. My latest novel, also self-published, is American Ghosts.
I like walking among trees and playing guitar. I live with my wife near Boston. Go Red Sox. We have two sons and three grandchildren.
Third.
Ed was born in Connecticut and lived his first ten years next door to the town library. At the age of three he began a platonic affair with the chief librarian. Though his family moved twice while he lived with them, he was never beyond walking distance. The library was his true home, his refuge, his gateway to the world. Later in life he added book stores (and music stores) to his places of refuge.
He attended parochial grammar school, public high school, a Jesuit college, and law school. All in all, he found that the most interesting books were generally not the ones assigned for reading. Once a philosophy professor told his class that he wished he could assign a book by a particular philosopher but the school wouldn’t let him. Ed acquired that book within a half-hour of the end of class. This was before Amazon.
Ed’s first piece of advice: never forget to check the banned books list.
He considers himself a child of Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, “James Tiptree, Jr.” (Alice Sheldon), Cordwainer Smith, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Octavia Butler and Ursula Le Guin and many others.
Ed’s second piece of advice: reading is the gateway drug to writing.
Ed has been fortunate enough to have short stories published in Mageand Aphelion. A few years ago he self-published a novel, The Gravity of Light. His latest novel, also self-published, is American Ghosts.
He enjoys walking in forests and playing guitar. He lives with his wife near Boston. They have two sons and three grandchildren. Go Red Sox.