Edward Carey (novelist)

Edward Carey (born April 1970, in North Walsham, Norfolk, England)[1] is an English 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]

Edward Carey
Carey at the 2018 Texas Book Festival.
Carey at the 2018 Texas Book Festival.
BornApril 1970 (age 53)
North Walsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
OccupationPlaywright, novelist
GenreTheatre, fiction

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 (2002). 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.[6][7][8]
  • Edward Carey (2020). The Swallowed Man. ISBN 978-1-91354-703-5[9][10][11]

Awards
  • Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation (2019)[3]

References
  1. Author's Website
  2. Bakar, Sharon (19 June 2005) Writer who draws out books, The Star (Malaysia) Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. 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, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
  6. El-Mohtar, Amal (28 October 2018). "Review: 'Little' Considers Power, Personhood, And Wax Artistry". National Public Radio (npr.org).
  7. Edemariam, Aida (10 November 2018). "Review : Little by Edward Carey". The Guardian.
  8. Timberg, Scott (29 November 2018). "The slightlly twisrted vison of Edward Carey and his imagined Madame Tussaud". Los Angeles Times.
  9. Handy, Bruce (26 January 2021). "P.O.V.: You're Geppetto, Missing Your Wooden Son From Inside the Belly of a Fish (review of The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey)". The New York Times.
  10. Nguyen, Eric (28 January 2021). "In Edward Carey's 'The Swallowed Man,' 'Pinocchio' gets a reboot". The Washington Post.
  11. Faires, Robert (5 February 2021). "Book Review: The Swallowed Main by Edward Carey". The Austin Chronicle.
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