Clyde Edgerton

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Clyde Edgerton is a American author born on May 20, 1944 in Durham, North Carolina. His books are known for endearing characters, small-town Southern dialogue and realistic fire and brimstone religious sermons. His books are full of humor, while still respecting the characters' integrity.

He grew up in the small, rural town of Bethesda, North Carolina. He was the only child of Truma and Ernest Edgerton, who came from families of cotton and tobacco farmers, respectively.

In 1962 Edgerton enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, eventually majoring in English. During this time he was a student in the Air Force ROTC program where he learned to fly a small plane. After graduating in 1966, he entered the Air Force and served five years as a fighter pilot in the United States, Korea, Japan and Thailand.

After his time in service, Edgerton got his Master's degree in English and began a job as an English teacher at his old high school. Soon after, he also earned a doctorate.

He decided to become a writer in 1978. Currently he is a professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

1 Works
2 Film
3 Awards
4 External links

[edit] Works

Solo: My Adventure in the Air (September 9, 2005)
Lunch at the Piccadilly (October 1, 2003)
Where Trouble Sleeps (January 9, 1997)
Redeye (January 4, 1995)
In Memory of Junior (January 10, 1992)
The Floatplane Notebooks (April 1991)
Killer Diller (January 1, 1991)
Walking Across Egypt (January 3, 1987
Raney (January 2, 1985)

[edit] Film

To date, two of Clyde Edgerton's novels have been adapted to film:

The 1999 film Walking Across Egypt starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Killer Diller, a film with a 2006 limited release starring Lucas Black in which Edgerton had a cameo as a faculty member.