Kim Edwards
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Kim Edwards (born 1958) is an American author and educator. Her first novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2005), is a New York Times Bestseller, and was honored with the Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award[1] at the 2008 British Book Awards.
She wrote the short story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King (1997), which was an alternate for the 1998 PEN/Hemingway Award, and has won both a Whiting Award[2] and the Nelson Algren Award.[3] A graduate of Colgate University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she currently teaches writing at the University of Kentucky.[4]
Her most recent novel, The Lake of Dreams, New York Times Bestseller,[5] was published in January 2011.[6][7]
[edit] References
- ^ 2008 Winners & Shortlists retrieved May 4, 2010
- ^ Whiting Writers Awards retrieved May 4, 2010
- ^ Good Reads Kim Edwards retrieved May 4, 2010
- ^ Penguin Speaker Bureau Kim Edwards retrieved May 4, 2010
- ^ "Best Sellers". The New York Times. 23 January 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-01-23/hardcover-fiction/list.html. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Pierleoni, Allen (12 January 2011). "Best-selling author Kim Edwards dreamed of success". The Kansas City Star. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/12/2578468/best-selling-author-kim-edwards.html. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Memmott, Carol (6 January 2011). "Author Kim Edwards goes from 'Memory' to 'Dreams'". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2011-01-06-Edwards06_CV_N.htm. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
[edit] External links
- University of Kentucky profile
- Short Biography by BookBrowse
- The Memory Keeper's Podcast
- Official site for The Memory Keeper's Daughter
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