Edward J. Delaney
Edward J. Delaney (born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1957) is an American author, documentary filmmaker, educator and journalist.
Delaney is the author of the novel "Broken Irish" (2011). He received a 2008 Literary Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; a 1995 O. Henry Award for the title piece of his short-story collection The Drowning and Other Stories;[1] a 2006 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award for his novel Warp & Weft; and a 1988 National Education Writing Award.
Delaney has directed and produced two documentary films. The Times Were Never So Bad: The Life of Andre Dubus, premiered in 2007 at the Rhode Island International Film Festival winning first place, and screened at film festivals throughout the U.S. Library of the Early Mind premiered in 2010.
Delaney served in 2008-2009 as Assistant Editor of the Nieman Journalism Lab, the digital-media initiative of The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. And has been a faculty member at Roger Williams University since 1990 where he is currently a Professor of Creative Writing. He is the editor of the literary journal Mount Hope.
He has also taught at The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Colorado State University, where he was the Gannett Foundation Professional-in-Residence.
Delaney's journalism includes work for The Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. He has published short stories in The Atlantic Monthly and other literary magazines and quarterlies. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Short Stories and O. Henry Award annuals. Delaney was also a reporter for The Denver Post and a columnist for The Colorado Springs Gazette, and also wrote for The Chicago Tribune. In 2009, Delaney co-authored Born To Play by Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox. He's also written for PBS's POV Docs website.
Delaney received his B.S. in Finance from the Fairfield University Dolan School of Business in 1979 and M.S. in Mass Communications from Boston University.
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