Edward Hamlin
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Edward Hamlin's fiction has won the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the Nelson Algren Award, the Nelligan Prize and the Colorado Book Award. His music for fingerstyle guitar has appeared on four CDs and in two short films. www.edwardhamlin.com
An entirely different sort of author interview—in which I brave the topic of who gets to write what. Ducking for cover now.
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Q&A with philosophical fiction author, Edward Hamlin
A bite-sized interview for your Sunday morning.
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June 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
An entirely different sort of author interview—in which I brave the topic of who gets to write what. Ducking for cover now.
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A followup to yesterday's podcast interview with the Colorado Sun—an author Q&A about Sonata in Wax. #sonatainwax
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Edward Hamlin wove music, family and Chicago into literary sonata
Managing dual timelines a century apart in "Sonata in Wax" provided additional challenges in the author's debut novel.
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June 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A followup to yesterday's podcast interview with the Colorado Sun—an author Q&A about Sonata in Wax. #sonatainwax
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Great interview with Kevin Simpson of the Colorado Sun, just out. We talk about Sonata in Wax, falling in love with music, writing during the pandemic and a host of other topics. Kevin's a terrific interviewer!
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#sonatainwax #coloradosun #cohumanities #cobookaward
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#sonatainwax #coloradosun #cohumanities #cobookaward
Author Edward Hamlin discusses novel "Sonata in Wax" - The Daily Sun-Up
Today, SunLit editor Kevin Simpson chats with the author of a Colorado Book Awards finalist in the novel category for his story that follows a character trying to unravel the mystery behind a remarkab...
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June 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Great interview with Kevin Simpson of the Colorado Sun, just out. We talk about Sonata in Wax, falling in love with music, writing during the pandemic and a host of other topics. Kevin's a terrific interviewer!
omny.fm/shows/the-co...
#sonatainwax #coloradosun #cohumanities #cobookaward
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#sonatainwax #coloradosun #cohumanities #cobookaward
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries
We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!
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April 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
A simply lovely review of SONATA IN WAX by Kathryn Eastburn. "Hamlin pays for and earns the ending to this exquisite novel, full of drama and humanity and tragedy and rescue and truth and lies and heritage and … music, glorious music." Full review : www.rockymountainreader.org
March 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A simply lovely review of SONATA IN WAX by Kathryn Eastburn. "Hamlin pays for and earns the ending to this exquisite novel, full of drama and humanity and tragedy and rescue and truth and lies and heritage and … music, glorious music." Full review : www.rockymountainreader.org
Come see R.L. Maizes and me discuss five key steps to writing your novel, tomorrow (Sunday) at 5 pm at the new Barnes and Noble in Superior, CO. It will be a lively conversation with lots of practical advice for writers diving into the daunting process of writing a novel. @rlmaizes.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Come see R.L. Maizes and me discuss five key steps to writing your novel, tomorrow (Sunday) at 5 pm at the new Barnes and Noble in Superior, CO. It will be a lively conversation with lots of practical advice for writers diving into the daunting process of writing a novel. @rlmaizes.bsky.social
I love the revision process.
After writing a few million words of fiction now, the cuts come so much more easily—there's a definite Marie Kondo sense of unburdening to it. Though...okay, I'll admit...I never drop my discards at Goodwill, because you just never know.
After writing a few million words of fiction now, the cuts come so much more easily—there's a definite Marie Kondo sense of unburdening to it. Though...okay, I'll admit...I never drop my discards at Goodwill, because you just never know.
February 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I love the revision process.
After writing a few million words of fiction now, the cuts come so much more easily—there's a definite Marie Kondo sense of unburdening to it. Though...okay, I'll admit...I never drop my discards at Goodwill, because you just never know.
After writing a few million words of fiction now, the cuts come so much more easily—there's a definite Marie Kondo sense of unburdening to it. Though...okay, I'll admit...I never drop my discards at Goodwill, because you just never know.
Psst.... The ebook version of SONATA IN WAX is on sale for $4.99 through the end of this month. That goes for Kindle, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, etc.—wherever you nab your ebooks.
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#sonatainwax #sonatainwaxnovel #fictionbooks #historicalfiction #chicagofiction
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February 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Psst.... The ebook version of SONATA IN WAX is on sale for $4.99 through the end of this month. That goes for Kindle, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, etc.—wherever you nab your ebooks.
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#sonatainwax #sonatainwaxnovel #fictionbooks #historicalfiction #chicagofiction
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#sonatainwax #sonatainwaxnovel #fictionbooks #historicalfiction #chicagofiction
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February 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
What a pleasure—just killed my X account. Hadn't touched it since...well, you know. The joy of tidying up.
February 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What a pleasure—just killed my X account. Hadn't touched it since...well, you know. The joy of tidying up.
Kirkus Reviews on SONATA IN WAX:
"Over the course of this novel, Hamlin’s rich prose is as deft and precise as the skills of his characters, imbuing the descriptions of music with beauty and drama . . .
A deeply realized tale of the power of music and the anonymity of history." - Kirkus Reviews
"Over the course of this novel, Hamlin’s rich prose is as deft and precise as the skills of his characters, imbuing the descriptions of music with beauty and drama . . .
A deeply realized tale of the power of music and the anonymity of history." - Kirkus Reviews
January 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Kirkus Reviews on SONATA IN WAX:
"Over the course of this novel, Hamlin’s rich prose is as deft and precise as the skills of his characters, imbuing the descriptions of music with beauty and drama . . .
A deeply realized tale of the power of music and the anonymity of history." - Kirkus Reviews
"Over the course of this novel, Hamlin’s rich prose is as deft and precise as the skills of his characters, imbuing the descriptions of music with beauty and drama . . .
A deeply realized tale of the power of music and the anonymity of history." - Kirkus Reviews
Had a ball hanging with my buddy Carter Wilson, the thriller author, on his video podcast. He cornered me into writing a scene together on the fly, starting with a random sentence from my latest novel. I think we did pretty well, considering. We certainly had fun. youtu.be/-hIwd1FaLoY?...
Making it Up with Edward Hamlin, author of Sonata in Wax
YouTube video by Carter Wilson
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January 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Had a ball hanging with my buddy Carter Wilson, the thriller author, on his video podcast. He cornered me into writing a scene together on the fly, starting with a random sentence from my latest novel. I think we did pretty well, considering. We certainly had fun. youtu.be/-hIwd1FaLoY?...
Come meet me at the grand opening fête for the brand-new Barnes and Noble in Superior, CO, right next door to Costco. I will be signing books from 5-7 on Weds, 1/29. If you come early you can also meet the amazing R.L. Maizes, who's signing from 3-5. Bonus! @rlmaizes.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Come meet me at the grand opening fête for the brand-new Barnes and Noble in Superior, CO, right next door to Costco. I will be signing books from 5-7 on Weds, 1/29. If you come early you can also meet the amazing R.L. Maizes, who's signing from 3-5. Bonus! @rlmaizes.bsky.social
Just popping up over here on Blue Sky, another X-ile ISO of sane discourse. Here's me: www.edwardhamlin.com Cheers, all.
Edward Hamlin: Award-winning author and composer | Edward Hamlin | Author
Edward Hamlin is the author of the novel SONATA IN WAX and the story collection NIGHT IN ERG CHEBBI, winner of the 2015 Iowa Short Fiction Award. His story
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November 26, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Just popping up over here on Blue Sky, another X-ile ISO of sane discourse. Here's me: www.edwardhamlin.com Cheers, all.