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name: Ed  Hamilton
about: Ed Hamilton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned his bachelor’s degree with a double major in philosophy and psychology from the University of Kentucky, and his master’s degree, also in philosophy, from the University of Louisville. Ed is the author of three books: a non-fiction work, Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living with the Artists and Outlaws of New York’s Rebel Mecca (Da Capo/Perseus, 2007); a short story collection, The Chintz Age: Tales of Love and Loss for a New New York (Červená Barva Press), which spent 10 months on the Small Press Best Sellers List in 2016; and a novel, Lords of the Schoolyard (Sagging Meniscus, 2018), which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His short fiction has appea Ed Hamilton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned his bachelor’s degree with a double major in philosophy and psychology from the University of Kentucky, and his master’s degree, also in philosophy, from the University of Louisville. Ed is the author of three books: a non-fiction work, Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living with the Artists and Outlaws of New York’s Rebel Mecca (Da Capo/Perseus, 2007); a short story collection, The Chintz Age: Tales of Love and Loss for a New New York (Červená Barva Press), which spent 10 months on the Small Press Best Sellers List in 2016; and a novel, Lords of the Schoolyard (Sagging Meniscus, 2018), which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His short fiction has appeared in dozens of small journals, including: Limestone Journal, The Journal of Kentucky Studies, SoMa Review, River Walk Journal, Exquisite Corpse, Bohemia, Modern Drunkard, Omphalos, and in translation in the Czech Republic’s Host. In addition, a chapter from Ed’s alternate history of the artists Harry Smith and Vali Myers has appeared in Footnote: a Literary Journal of History, and was a finalist for the Charter Oaks Award. His non-fiction has appeared in The Villager, Chelsea Now, The Huffington Post, and Living with Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog. The Legends blog, which Ed and his wife, Debbie Martin, started in 2004, was apparently the world’s very first hotel blog, and in connection with the blog and the Legends book which grew out of it, Ed was interviewed by over a hundred media outlets—TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, and online sites—in countries as diverse as the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, The Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Argentina, The Netherlands, and Japan. Living with Legends was also the first blog ever to be the subject of an editorial in the New York Times. Ed lives in New York City. ...more