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name: David C. Edmonds
about: DAVID C. EDMONDS grew up in Mississippi and Louisiana and studied at the University of Mississippi, LSU, Notre Dame, Georgetown, George Washington and American University (Ph.D. in international economics). He's a former Marine, Peace Corps Volunteer, Senior Fulbright-Hayes Professor of Economics, and government official with long experience in Latin America. He's also been MBA director, academic dean and professor of economics at various universities.Though LILY OF PERU is his first work of fiction, he's the author, co-author or editor of seven other nonfiction books, one of which (YANKEE AUTUMN IN ACADIANA) won the Literary Award of the Louisiana Library Association. His current book, Lily of Peru, is the recipient of the International La DAVID C. EDMONDS grew up in Mississippi and Louisiana and studied at the University of Mississippi, LSU, Notre Dame, Georgetown, George Washington and American University (Ph.D. in international economics). He's a former Marine, Peace Corps Volunteer, Senior Fulbright-Hayes Professor of Economics, and government official with long experience in Latin America. He's also been MBA director, academic dean and professor of economics at various universities.Though LILY OF PERU is his first work of fiction, he's the author, co-author or editor of seven other nonfiction books, one of which (YANKEE AUTUMN IN ACADIANA) won the Literary Award of the Louisiana Library Association. His current book, Lily of Peru, is the recipient of the International Latino Book Award, a Readers Favorite Silver Award, a Royal Palm Literary Award of the Florida Writers Association, and the Latino Books into Movies Award. His second novle, The Girl in the Glyphs, is also the recipient of the Royal Palm Literary Award. He currently lives with his wife Maria in Florida, and heads a fiction writers group. ...more