Edward J. Delaney

Who is Edward J. Delaney?

Edward J. Delaney is an American author, documentary filmmaker, educator and journalist.

He received a 2008 Literary Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His short story "The Drowning" appeared in the March 1994 Atlantic Monthly and was included in both the 1995 O. Henry Award and Best American Short Stories, as well as being named a finalist for the National Magazine Award.

In 2005, he was awarded the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award, which recognizes the best book of the year by a New England author, for his novel Warp & Weft. Delaney is the author of the novel "Broken Irish", which received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, ALA Booklist and Library Journal, and received the Grand Prize at the New England Book Festival. As a journalist he won the 1988 National Education Writing Award and other national and regional awards.

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.