Edward Carey (novelist)

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Edward Carey
Carey at the 2018 Texas Book Festival.
Carey at the 2018 Texas Book Festival.
BornApril 1970 (age 51)
North Walsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
OccupationPlaywright, novelist
GenreTheatre, fiction

Edward Carey (born April 1970, in North Walsham, Norfolk, England)[1] is a playwright and novelist. He has written several adaptations for the stage, including Patrick Süskind's The Pigeon and Robert Coover's Pinocchio in Venice. His own plays include Sulking Thomas and Captain of the Birds. He collaborated with Eddin Khoo on the wayang kulit translation of Macbeth called Macbeth in the Shadows.[2]

Biography[]

Carey attended the Nautical College, Pangbourne, as did his father and grandfather. He did not enlist in the Royal Navy, however.[3] Instead, he participated in the National Youth Theatre and attended the University of Hull, earning a degree in drama in 1991.[3]

As a young Man, Carey worked in Madame Tussauds wax museum (London), which would figure into his historical novel, Little.[4]

Carey attended the University of Iowa International Writing Program and taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

He has lived in many European locations, but, in 2006, he took up permanent residence in the United States, settling in Austin where he teaches at the University of Texas.[4] He is married to the writer Elizabeth McCracken.[5]

Works[]

  • Edward Carey (2000). Observatory Mansions. ISBN 978-0-679-31130-0.
  • Edward Carey (2003). Alva & Irva: The Twins Who Saved a City. Picador. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-330-39605-9.
  • Edward Carey. L'observatoire. ISBN 978-2-85940-781-0.
  • Edward Carey (2014). Heap House: The Iremonger Trilogy: Book One. ISBN 978-1-46830-953-9.
  • Edward Carey (2014). Foulsham, Iremonger Book Two. ISBN 978-1-47140-160-2.
  • Edward Carey (2015). Lungdon, Iremonger Book Three. ISBN 978-1-46830-955-3.
  • Edward Carey (2018). Little: A Novel. ISBN 978-0-52553-432-7.
  • Edward Carey (2020). The Swallowed Man. ISBN 978-1-91354-703-5

Awards[]

  • Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation (2019)[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Author's Website [1]
  2. ^ Bakar, Sharon (19 June 2005) Writer who draws out books, The Star (Malaysia) Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Timberg, Scott (29 November 2018). "The slightly twisted vision of Edward Carey and his imagined Madame Tussaud". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. ^ 2008–2009 Radcliffe Institute Fellows[permanent dead link], Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University[dead link]

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