Craig Lancaster is the author of seven novels, including the bestselling Edward series (600 Hours of Edward, Edward Adrift, and Edward Unspooled), as well as a collection of short stories. He is also a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers as a writer and an editor. 600 Hours of Edward, his debut, was a Montana Honor Book and the 2010 High Plains Book Award winner for best first book. His work has also been honored by the Utah Book Awards (The Summer Son) and with an Independent Publisher Book Awards gold medal (the short-story collection The Art of Departure), among other citations. Before writing fiction, he worked at newspapers big and small in Texas, Alaska, Kentucky, Ohio, California, Washington, Montana and, yes, Kentucky. Lancaster lives in Billings, Montana, with his wife, bestselling author Elisa Lorello (Faking It, Pasta Wars, The Second First Time).