page_title: Megan Edwards
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context_page_description: Megan Frances Edwards is an American writer and editor.
  Edwards was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, near North Chicago. She graduated with a BA from Scripps College in classics and an MA in education from Claremont Graduate University, after which she worked in Germany, Greece, California, Texas, and Nevada, as a teacher and also a school principal. She was also a columnist for the Pasadena Weekly and a contributing writer for the Las Vegas Weekly.
  On October 27, 1993, the house where she and her husband lived in California burned down in a wildfire, destroying nearly all their possessions. Instead of rebuilding, they bought a custom motorhome, named it "Phoenix One" and began a road trip that lasted six years. During this time the couple pioneered the art of connecting to the Internet while traveling. One result was "RoadTrip America", a web resource started in 1996 for touring in North America.
  The first four years of her adventures in Phoenix One are recorded in the book Roads from the Ashes. In general, the book was well received. On the 20th anniversary of the original publication, an ebook version with photos from the journey was published in 2018.
context_section_description: Megan Frances Edwards (born December 17, 1952) is an American writer and editor. 
  Edwards was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, near North Chicago. She graduated with a BA from Scripps College in classics and an MA in education from Claremont Graduate University, after which she worked in Germany, Greece, California, Texas, and Nevada, as a teacher and also a school principal. She was also a columnist (1993–1998) for the Pasadena Weekly and a contributing writer (2000–2001) for the Las Vegas Weekly.
  On October 27, 1993, the house where she and her husband lived in California burned down in a wildfire, destroying nearly all their possessions. Instead of rebuilding, they bought a custom motorhome, named it "Phoenix One" and began a road trip that lasted six years. During this time the couple pioneered the (then difficult) art of connecting to the Internet while traveling. One result was "RoadTrip America", a web resource started in 1996 for touring in North America.
  The first four years of her adventures in Phoenix One are recorded in the book Roads from the Ashes. In general, the book was well received. On the 20th anniversary of the original publication, an ebook version with photos from the journey was published in 2018.
  In 2008 a collection titled Caution: Funny Signs Ahead was published. The book contains pictures of actual signs that are humorous due to juxtapositions, misspellings, double entendres, etc., and which were originally published online at RoadTripAmerica.com.
  In 2010 Edwards contributed a short story to The Perpetual Engine of Hope, an anthology featuring stories written by seven Las Vegas writers. She became a contributing writer for Nevada Public Radio's Desert Companion magazine in 2012.
  In 2014 Edwards contributed a short essay to Nevada: 150 Years in the Silver State from Geoff Schumacher (editor) with Stephens Press.
  In 2017 Edwards debut novel, titled Getting off on Frank Sinatra: A Copper Black Mystery, was published by Imbrifex Books in March 2017. In general, the book was well received.
  In 2018 Edwards’s novel Getting off on Frank Sinatra was the Gold winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Novel. It was also a Bronze winner for the 2017 Foreword INDIES and a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Her novel Strings was a Gold winner for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Romance, and it also received Honorable Mentions in the 2017 Foreword INDIES, as well as the Reviewers Choice Award for Romance, Music & Arts. Full Service Blonde was the 2017 INDIES Honorable Mention winner for Mystery. Edwards’s novel Full Service Blonde was the Gold winner for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Mystery.
  Other books by Edwards published by Imbrifex Books include: Strings: A Love Story, September 2017 and Full Service Blonde: A Copper Black Mystery, November, 2017. Each were very well received.
  Edwards also contributed a short story to Live Through This: An Anthology of Unnatural Disasters, an anthology featuring stories written by eleven Las Vegas writers and Geoff Schumacher (Editor) at Huntington Press in 2018.
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