Edward Cline
Edward Cline (born 1946 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American novelist and essayist.
He is best known for his Sparrowhawk series of novels, which take place in England and Virginia before the American Revolutionary War. He is also the author of First Prize, a detective novel, and Whisper the Guns, a suspense novel. First Prize was republished in December 2009 by Perfect Crime, which plans to publish the rest of this detective novel series.
Cline has also written on freedom of speech and censorship issues for The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science and The Journal of Information Ethics. He has written numerous feature and cover stories, as well as book reviews, for Marine Corps League Magazine, The Colonial Williamsburg Journal, The Wall Street Journal, and The Intellectual Activist. His article on English political philosopher John Locke was carried in two editions of Western Civilization (McGraw-Hill). His Sparrowhawk historical series is being used in college, high school and middle school literature courses around the U.S., and has a significant foreign following as well, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Outside of his work as a novelist, Cline is known for his writings on aesthetics, his defense of capitalism[1] and of free speech, and his criticism of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, George W. Bush and of Islam (and religion in general).[2] He has called on American Muslims to "[either] repudiate Islam, or remain a quiet, sanctioning fifth column."[3]
As a writer, his strongest influence has been philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand.
Currently, he is a guest commentator for the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism.[4]
He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
[edit] Bibliography
- First Prize, Mysterious Press, 1988, ISBN 0-89296-291-7
- We Three Kings, Atlantean Press, 1995, ISBN 0962685453
- Whisper the Guns, Atlantean Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9626854-2-9
- Sparrowhawk One: Jack Frake, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-931561-00-1
- Sparrowhawk Two: Hugh Kenrick MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002 ISBN 1-931561-20-6
- Sparrowhawk Three: Caxton, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-931561-53-2
- Sparrowhawk Four: Empire, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-931561-87-7
- Sparrowhawk Five: Revolution, MacAdam Cage, 2005, ISBN 1-59692-154-4
- Sparrowhawk Six: War, MacAdam Cage, 16 January 2007, ISBN 1-59692-198-6 [5]
- Sparrowhawk Companion, MacAdam/Cage, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59692-261-7 in collaboration with Jena Trammell
- Presence of Mind, Perfect Crime Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825157-0-9
- Honors Due, Perfect Crime Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1935797142
- Run From Judgment, Patrick Henry Press, 2011, ASIN B004N6LDG
- China Basin, Patrick Henry Press, 2011, ASIN B004KSQWYQ
- The Head of Athena, Patrick Henry Press, 2011 ASIN B004L2LKG6
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.capmag.com/author.asp?ID=302
- ^ http://objectivismforliving.com/2009/06/15/novelist-edward-cline-and-his-commitment-to-hold-an-unchanging-youth/
- ^ http://www.capitalismcenter.org/Philosophy/Commentary/06/08-15-06.htm
- ^ http://ruleofreason.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2010-spring/edward-cline.asp
[edit] External links
- Edward Cline's website
- Edward Cline's articles at Capitalism Magazine
- Edward Cline at Family Security Matters
- "Interview with novelist, Ed Cline, author of Sparrowhawk Series", Egoist, 2008 11 21
- "Sparrowhawk: Lacunæ and Artistic License", July 20, 2006
