Louis Edwards (author)

Louis Edwards is an American novelist.

Life

Edwards was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1984 with a degree in Journalism. He also attended Hunter College (City University of New York) for his junior year.

While in graduate school studying English literature at LSU, he began writing his first novel, Ten Seconds, which would eventually be published by Graywolf Press in 1991.

He has published three highly acclaimed novels. In 1993 and 1994, respectively, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Whiting Award for his fiction.[1]

He lives in New Orleans.

Career

In addition to being an author, Edwards has had a successful, decades-long career in the music and entertainment industry. Since the mid-80s he has worked for Festival Productions, Inc. in New Orleans (1986-present). The company produces the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival among other events. He has worked on a wide variety of music festivals, such as the JVC Jazz Festival-New York (1987-1994), the Essence Festival (1995-2007), Bayou Country Superfest (2010-present) and numerous other special events.

He is currently the Chief Creative Officer and the Chief Marketing Officer at Festival Productions, overseeing advertising and marketing, public relations, Internet and social media, corporate sponsorships, and merchandise design and development.

Works
  • Ten Seconds (Graywolf Press, 1991) ISBN 9781555971502
  • N: A Romantic Mystery (Dutton, 1997) ISBN 9780525941828
  • Oscar Wilde Discovers America (Scribner, 2003) ISBN 9780743236898

References


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