Edward Stanton

Born in Colorado and raised in California, Edward Stanton has lived in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico and Spain as well as the United States. He’s the author of fourteen books, some of them translated and published in Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. Road of Stars to Santiago, the story of his 500-mile walk on the ancient pilgrimage route to Compostela, was called one of the best books on the subject by the New York Times. Stanton’s environmental novel WIDE AS THE WIND, the first to treat the tragic history of Easter Island, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Young Adult Fiction and three other international prizes. VIDAS: DEEP IN MEXICO AND SPAIN received the Grand Prize (Bronze) for Best Travel Writing in the 15th Annual Solas Awards. His latest novel, FRAIL BLOOD, has been called "a gripping romantic thriller" by Kirkus Reviews.