Les Edgerton

Ex-con Les Edgerton has thirteen books in print, with several more forthcoming. Since his prison days, he has earned a B.A. from Indiana University and an MFA in Writing from Vermont College. His work has been nominated for or won several awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award (Short story category), Pushcart Prize, the Violet Crown Book Award, the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse Jones Award and others. A story of his was included in the Houghton-Mifflin Best American Mystery Stories 2001. He is Editor-at-Large for Noir Nation.