Edward Carey (born April 1970, in North Walsham, Norfolk, England)[1] is a playwright and novelist. He has written several adaptations for the stage, including Patrick Süskind's The Pigeon and Robert Coover's Pinocchio in Venice. His own plays include Sulking Thomas and Captain of the Birds. He collaborated with Eddin Khoo on the wayang kulit translation of Macbeth called Macbeth in the Shadows.[2]

Edward Carey
Carey at the 2018 Texas Book Festival.
Born	April 1970 (age 52) North Walsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Playwright, novelist
Genre	Theatre, fiction

Biography

Carey attended the Nautical College, Pangbourne, as did his father and grandfather. He did not enlist in the Royal Navy, however.[3] Instead, he participated in the National Youth Theatre and attended the University of Hull, earning a degree in drama in 1991.[3]

As a young Man, Carey worked in Madame Tussauds wax museum (London), which would figure into his historical novel, Little.[4]

Carey attended the University of Iowa International Writing Program and taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

He has lived in many European locations, but, in 2006, he took up permanent residence in the United States, settling in Austin where he teaches at the University of Texas.[4] He is married to the writer Elizabeth McCracken.[5]

Works

• Edward Carey (2000). Observatory Mansions. ISBN 978-0-679-31130-0.
• Edward Carey (2003). Alva & Irva: The Twins Who Saved a City. Picador. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-330-39605-9.
• Edward Carey. L'observatoire. ISBN 978-2-85940-781-0.
• Edward Carey (2014). Heap House: The Iremonger Trilogy: Book One. ISBN 978-1-46830-953-9.
• Edward Carey (2014). Foulsham, Iremonger Book Two. ISBN 978-1-47140-160-2.
• Edward Carey (2015). Lungdon, Iremonger Book Three. ISBN 978-1-46830-955-3.
• Edward Carey (2018). Little: A Novel. ISBN 978-0-52553-432-7.
• Edward Carey (2020). The Swallowed Man. ISBN 978-1-91354-703-5

Awards

• Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation (2019)[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edward Carey.

• Official website
• Interview with Edward Carey, Harcourt Trade Publishers