Clyde Edgerton

Clyde Edgerton was born and raised in the community of Bethesda, near Durham, North Carolina. After serving a lengthy tour in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, he finished his formal education by completing his Ph.D. at UNC Chapel Hill. Edgerton is the author of ten novels, a book of advice, a memoir, short stories, and essays. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and five of his novels have been New York Times Notable Books. He is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and is the Thomas S. Kenan III Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington.