On September 10th at the History Place in Morehead City, celebrated author and raconteur Clyde Edgerton brightened our evening with music, humor, and hilarious excerpts from his books. Edgerton's always entertaining fare was generously augmented with desserts, wine and coffee.

Clyde Edgerton, raised in the community of Bethesda, near Durham, North Carolina, has published eight novels and a memoir (Solo, My Adventures in the Air). The Bible Salesman, his ninth novel, was published by Little, Brown in 2008. Three of his novels have been made into movies: Raney, Walking Across Egypt, and Killer Diller. The latter two are now available on DVD. Stage adaptations have been made from Raney, Walking Across Egypt, The Floatplane Notebooks, Killer Diller, and Lunch at the Piccadilly. Edgerton’s short stories and essays have been published in New York Times Magazine, Best American Short Stories, Southern Review, Oxford American, Garden & Gun and other publications. Edgerton is a musician and has performed with musicians including Jim Watson, Mike Craver, Jack King, and Matt Kendrick. Audio albums and CDs on which he has performed include Walking Across Egypt, The Devil’s Dream, The Safety Patrol, and Lunch at the Piccadilly.

Among Edgerton’s awards are: Guggenheim Fellowship; Lyndhurst Prize; Honorary Doctorates from UNC-Asheville and St. Andrews Presbyterian College; membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers; the North Carolina Award for Literature; and five notable book awards from the New York Times.

Edgerton is a professor of Creative Writing in the MFA program at UNC-Wilmington. He lives in Wilmington, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristina, and their children.