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Megan Frances Edwards (born December 17, 1952) is an American writer and editor.
| A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject.(October 2023) |
Megan Frances Edwards (born December 17, 1952) is an American writer and editor.
Edwards was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, near North Chicago, December 17, 1952. She graduated with a BA from Scripps College in classics and an MA in education from Claremont Graduate University, after which she worked in Germany, Greece, California, Texas, and Nevada, as a teacher and also a school principal. She was also a columnist (1993–1998) for the Pasadena Weekly and a contributing writer (2000–2001) for the Las Vegas Weekly .
On October 27, 1993, the house where she and her husband lived in California burned down in a wildfire, destroying nearly all their possessions. Instead of rebuilding, they bought a custom motorhome, named it "Phoenix One" and began a road trip that lasted six years. During this time, the couple pioneered the (then difficult) art of connecting to the internet while traveling. [1] [2] One result was "RoadTrip America", a web resource started in 1996 for touring in North America.
The first four years of her adventures in Phoenix One are recorded in the book Roads from the Ashes. [3] In general, the book was well received. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
In 2008, a collection titled Caution: Funny Signs Ahead was published. The book contains pictures of actual signs that are humorous due to juxtapositions, misspellings, double entendres, etc., and which were originally published online at RoadTripAmerica.com. [9]
In 2010, Edwards contributed a short story to The Perpetual Engine of Hope, an anthology featuring stories written by seven Las Vegas writers. [10] She became a contributing writer for Nevada Public Radio's Desert Companion magazine in 2012.
In 2014, Edwards contributed a short essay to Nevada: 150 Years in the Silver State from Geoff Schumacher (editor) with Stephens Press. [11]
In 2017, Edwards debut novel, titled Getting off on Frank Sinatra: A Copper Black Mystery, was published by Imbrifex Books in March 2017. In general, the book was well received. [12] [13] [14] [15]
In 2018 Edwards's novel Getting off on Frank Sinatra was the Gold winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Novel. [16] It was also a Bronze winner for the 2017 Foreword INDIES [17] and a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. [18] Her novel Strings was a Gold winner for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Romance, [19] and it also received Honorable Mentions in the 2017 Foreword INDIES, [20] as well as the Reviewers Choice Award for Romance, Music & Arts. Full Service Blonde was the 2017 INDIES Honorable Mention winner for Mystery. [21] Edwards's novel Full Service Blonde was the Gold winner for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Mystery. [22]
Other books by Edwards published by Imbrifex Books include: Strings: A Love Story, September 2017 and Full Service Blonde: A Copper Black Mystery, November, 2017. Each were very well received. [23] [24] [25] [26]
Edwards also contributed a short story to Live Through This: An Anthology of Unnatural Disasters, an anthology featuring stories written by eleven Las Vegas writers and Geoff Schumacher (Editor) at Huntington Press in 2018.
Edwards is a 2023 Silver Pen Awardee. [27]
Megan Edwards has had several books published and has contributed to anthologies.
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