“As
a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow
us ways to experience life beyond our own; ways to reflect on things that have
happened to us and a chance to engage with the world in ways that transcend
time and gender and all sorts of things.” – Kim
Edwards
Born
on this date in 1959, Edwards is the author of the bestselling novels The
Memory Keeper's Daughter, now translated into 38 languages, and The
Lake of Dreams, and the short story collection The Secrets of a
Fire King. Her writing honors include the Whiting Award,
the British Book Award, and USA Today's Book of the Year
(for Memory Keeper’s Daughter).
A
graduate of Colgate University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has taught
widely in the US and Asia and now makes her teaching home at the University of
Kentucky.
In
her teaching, Edwards says she often reflects on people’s desire to share
stories as one of the things “that make us human.” “I don’t
think we’ll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories
or to be entrapped in a beautiful story,” she said. "It’s simply a
part of the human condition."
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