Edward Cline (born October 22, 1946[1] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American novelist, essayist and an air force veteran. He is best known for his Sparrowhawk series of novels, which are set in England and Virginia before the American Revolutionary War. His other fiction includes a suspense series (featuring American entrepreneur Merritt Fury), a contemporary detective series (featuring Chess Hanrahan, who solves paradoxical murders), and a period detective series (featuring Cyrus Skeen in 1920s San Francisco).

This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. (December 2021)

Outside of his work as a novelist, Cline is known for his writings on aesthetics, his defenses of capitalism and of free speech, and his criticisms of contemporary political trends and of Islam (and religion in general). Cline has written on freedom of speech and censorship issues for The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science and The Journal of Information Ethics. He has written feature and cover stories, as well as book reviews, for Marine Corps League Magazine, The Colonial Williamsburg Journal, The Wall Street Journal, and The Intellectual Activist. His article on English political philosopher John Locke was carried in two editions of Western Civilization (McGraw-Hill). He has written the Rule of Reason blog for the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism since 2003.[2] His columns have also appeared on Capitalism Magazine,[3] Family Security Matters,[4] and other blog sites. As a writer, his strongest influence has been novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand.[5]

In May 2016, Cline was informed by the FBI that his name was on a list of over 8,000 names that was characterized as an ISIS kill list. Cline's landlord promptly evicted him. In an interview with Vocativ Cline said, "The situation is unprecedented in my lifetime experience. I've never before been evicted or thrown under the bus for what I think and write."[6]

Bibliography

• First Prize, Mysterious Press/Warner Book, 1988, ISBN 0-89296-291-7
• Whisper the Guns, Atlantean Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9626854-2-9
• Whisper the Guns, Patrick Henry Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1481220880
• Sparrowhawk One: Jack Frake, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-931561-00-1
• Sparrowhawk Two: Hugh Kenrick MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002 ISBN 1-931561-20-6
• Sparrowhawk Three: Caxton, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-931561-53-2
• Sparrowhawk Four: Empire, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-931561-87-7
• Sparrowhawk Five: Revolution, MacAdam/Cage, 2005, ISBN 1-59692-154-4
• Sparrowhawk Six: War, MacAdam/Cage, 16 January 2007, ISBN 1-59692-198-6
• Sparrowhawk Companion, MacAdam/Cage, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59692-261-7 (in collaboration with Jena Trammell, editor)
• Sparrowhawk: Book One, Jack Frake, Patrick Henry Press, July 2013, ISBN 978-1491217498
• Sparrowhawk: Book Two, Hugh Kenrick, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013,ISBN 978-1492156895
• Sparrowhawk: Book Three, Caxton, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013, ISBN 978-1492163060
• Sparrowhawk: Book Four, Empire, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013, ISBN 978-1492180005
• Sparrowhawk: Book Five, Revolution, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013, ISBN 978-1492183358
• Sparrowhawk: Book Six, War, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013, ISBN 978-1492185918
• The New Sparrowhawk Companion, Patrick Henry Press, December 2013, ISBN 978-1494406066
• Presence of Mind, Perfect Crime Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825157-0-9
• Honors Due, Perfect Crime Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-935797-14-2
• First Prize, Perfect Crime Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825157-7-8
• With Distinction, Perfect Crime Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-935797-21-0
• Run From Judgment, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-148-1248709
• We Three Kings, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481219075
• China Basin, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481182201
• The Head of Athena, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481202466
• The Daedâlus Conspiracy, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481208772
• The Chameleon, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481212625
• A Crimson Overture, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1492251972
• The Black Stone, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1494974626
• Running Out My Guns, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481810067
• Broadsides in the War of Ideas, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481800792
• Corsairs and Freebooters, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481804509
• Boarding Parties & Grappling Hooks, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1482087833
• Letters of Marque, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1493749034
• From The Crow's Nest, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1499690620
• The Pickwick Affair, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500217167
• Islam's Reign of Terror, Patrick Henry Press/Voltaire Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500920777
• Rational Scrutiny: Paradoxes and Contradictions in Detective Fiction, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500848903
• Silver Screens, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1508772019
• The Circles of Odin, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1511441599
• Sleight of Hand, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1511786881
• Stolen Words, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1514248706
• An August Interlude, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1516876051
• Cogitations: Recent Reflections on the State of Things, Patrick Henry Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1517267377
• Wintery Discontent, Patrick Henry Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1517491505
• Manhattan Blues, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1523381814
• The Janus Affair, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530042562
• First Things, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530496273
• Civic Affairs, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530849468
• Exegesis, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1533003478
• Seeing Double, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1537136288
• Trichotomy, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1537649535
• Routing Islam, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1539426868
• Beginnings, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1539699354
• Reciprocity, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530496273
• Saving Athena, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1541389830
• Split Infinitives, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1542843089
• Passions, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1544251967
• Celebrity News, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1544903026
• Inquest, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1546836230
• Double Entendre, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1974664009
• Sufferance, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1976594854
• The Skeen Chronicles, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1979109109
• Reprisals, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1979435604
• The Pendulum, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1981342969
• School Days, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1983486142
• The Gumshoe Guild, Patrick Henry Press 2018 ((ISBN 978-1986064071))
• Serenity Patrick Henry Press 2018 ((ISBN 978-1987639087))
• Chicago Serenade Patrick Henry Press 2018 ((ISBN 978-1724231536))
• Collectables Patrick Henry Press 2018 ((ISBN 978-1-7271-5539-6))
• Flute Patrick Henry Press 2018 ((ISBN 978-1727871968))
• A Final Canvas Patrick Henry Press 2019 ((((978-1790771110))))
• Gallery Patrick Henry Press 2019 ((((978-1795164436))))
• The Ghouls of Grammatical Egalitarianism Patrick Henry Press ((((ISBN 978-1798103388))))

References

External links

• Official website
• Edward Cline's articles at Capitalism Magazine
• "Interview with novelist, Ed Cline, author of Sparrowhawk Series", Egoist, 2008 11 21