Facts: - residence: edmonton - employer: university of alberta - notable works: '' riding with rilke '' - education: ba , ma , phd - awards: motorcycle wilfred eggleston award for non-fiction -lrb- 2006 -rrb- award of excellence for best motorcycle book , - name: edward l. bishop - occupation: professor , department of english and film studies - alma mater: university of alberta , queen 's university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ted bishop .
edward l. '' ted '' bishop is a canadian author and academic .a professor of english literature and film studies at the university of alberta , his first non-academic publication was '' riding with rilke : reflections on motorcycles and books '' , a travel memoir which was a canadian bestseller in 2005 and a finalist for the 2005 governor general 's award for english non-fiction , and won the max award -lrb- motorcycle award of excellence -rrb- for best motorcycle book and wilfred eggleston award for non-fiction .