Louis Edwards | |
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| Born | Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable awards | Whiting Award (1994) |
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Louis Edwards is an Americannovelist.
Edwards was born inLake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated fromLouisiana State University (LSU) in 1984 with a degree in Journalism. He also attendedHunter College (City University of New York) for his junior year.
While in graduate school studying English literature at LSU, he began writing his first novel,Ten Seconds, which would eventually be published byGraywolf Press in 1991.
In 1993 and 1994, respectively, he received aGuggenheim Fellowship and aWhiting Award for his fiction.[1] In August 2021, Amistad/HarperCollins will publish his fourth novel,Ramadan Ramsey.
He lives inNew Orleans.
In addition to being an author, Edwards has had a successful, decades-long career in the music and entertainment industry. Since the mid-1980s he has worked for Festival Productions, Inc. in New Orleans (1986–present). The company produces the annualNew Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival among other events. He has worked on a wide variety of music festivals, such as the JVC Jazz Festival-New York (1987–1994), the Essence Festival (1995–2007), as well as events in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Houston, and many other cities.
He is currently the Chief Creative Officer and the Chief Marketing Officer at Festival Productions, overseeing advertising and marketing, public relations, Internet and social media, corporate sponsorships, and merchandise.
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