Edward Hamlin

About
Edward Hamlin

Edward Hamlin is the winner of the Nelson Algren Award, the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the Nelligan Prize and the Colorado Book Award. His work has been shortlisted twice for the Bridport Prize (UK) and has been a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award, the Grace Paley Award, the Narrative Story Prize, the Raymond Carver Award and others. Stories of his have also been performed on stage and published by Audible.

Pulitzer Prize finalist Karen Russell called Edward's prizewinning short story collection, NIGHT IN ERG CHEBBI AND OTHER STORIES, “sweeping and intimate and awesomely confident.” Publishers Weekly named it a “memorable read from a writer with considerable talent.”

National Book Award finalist Ben Fountain called Edward's novel SONATA IN WAX "a terrific novel—immersive, compelling, smart, the story propelled by a cast of complex, full-bodied characters and the author's absolute mastery of the musical worlds he conjures." Kirkus Reviews called it “a deeply realized tale of the power of music and the anonymity of history."

An accomplished composer and guitarist, Edward's musical work has appeared on four CDs and in a short film. Selections from his 2007 album, ROOTED, have been incorporated into the design of special hospital and nursing home suites dedicated to providing a supportive, comfortable space for the dying and their families at the end of life.

A New York native, Edward Hamlin spent his formative years in Chicago and now lives in the Colorado foothills.