Clyde Edgerton
Clyde Edgerton, raised in the community of Bethesda, near Durham, North Carolina, has published eight novels and a memoir, Solo, My Adventures in the Air. His ninth novel, The Bible Salesman, was published by Little, Brown in 2008. Three of his novels have been made into movies: Raney, Walking Across Egypt, and Killer Diller. The latter two are now available on DVD. Stage adaptations have been made or are in progress from Raney, Walking Across Egypt, The Floatplane Notebooks, Killer Diller, Where Trouble Sleeps, Lunch at the Piccadilly, and The Bible Salesman. Edgerton’s short stories and essays have been published in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Short Stories, the Southern Review, Oxford American, Garden & Gun and other publications. Edgerton is a musician and has performed with musicians including Jim Watson, Mike Craver, Jack King and Matt Kendrick. Audio albums and CDs on which he has performed include most recently The Bible Salesman, music and story, with Mike Craver. Among Edgerton’s awards are: the Guggenheim Fellowship; the Lyndhurst Prize; Honorary Doctorates from UNC-Asheville and St. Andrews Presbyterian College; membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers; the North Carolina Award for Literature and five notable book awards from the New York Times. Edgerton is a professor of creative writing in the MFA program at UNC-Wilmington. He lives in Wilmington, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristina, and their children.
