Larry Edwards

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Larry Edwards

Larry M. Edwards is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, editor, and publishing consultant. He has written six books and has edited more than 500 fiction and nonfiction books.   As an author, his most recent books include the Rent Beacham Mystery series: ~ Chariot Canyon—A Rent Beacham Mystery: When investigative journalist Rent Beacham looks into reports of welfare/EBT fraud, he has no clue his investigation not only will take him into a remote, semi-lawless area of San Diego County, but that a twist of fate will give his probe a more personal—and deadly—nature than he ever imagined. ~ Operation Masquerade—A Rent Beacham Mystery: A forgotten corpse. A rising Congressional star. A digital fog of deepfakes. Rent Beacham must expose a powerful family's deadly empire before they erase him—and the truth. ~ Smoke Screen—A Rent Beacham Mystery, the third book in the series, will debut in 2026: The disappearance of a 17-year-old girl draws investigative journalist Rent Beacham into the perilous underworld of sex trafficking and AI-enabled child pornography.   As a nonfiction author, he wrote Dare I Call It Murder?—A Memoir of Violent Loss (2013), which took top honors in the San Diego Book Awards and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Larry Edwards unmasks the emotional trauma of violent loss as he ferrets out new facts to get at the truth of how and why his parents were killed. Kirkus Reviews: “. . . chilling . . . palpable . . . powerful . . .”   As a book editor/publisher, one of his proudest moments came when Murder Survivors Handbook: Real-Life Stories, Tips & Resources by Connie Saindon (2014) received the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Gold Award from the Independent Book Publishers Association.   He currently offers writing and editing services to individuals, businesses, and PR firms. Recent projects include editing fiction and nonfiction books. Services include development editing, content editing, copy editing, manuscript evaluation/critique, book doctoring, coaching, book proposals, publishing consulting.   As journalist he has covered San Diego business, politics, the San Diego waterfront, and the America’s Cup sailing regatta. He has won numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the San Diego Press Club, including four Best of Show honors. As business editor for San Diego Magazine, his reporting fueled the resignation of a corrupt CEO and an ineffective San Diego mayor.   Previously, he worked as Senior Writer at Cook & Schmid public relations, and earlier served as Business Editor for San Diego Magazine. He also edited The T Sector magazine, The Log Newspapers and Maritime Quarterly. He served as a staff writer for the San Diego Business Journal and as a stringer for the Associated Press. He served a judge for the San Diego Book Awards for several years.   In the mid-’90s, he co-produced the official America’s Cup ’95 website. In 1999-2000, with Quokka Sports, he covered the 2000 America’s Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, for the event’s official website.   His news and feature articles have appeared in national and international publications, including 48° North, Alaska Airlines, Grand Prix Sailor Weekly, Internet and Java Advisor, Los Angeles Times, New Zealand Herald, Sailing World, San Diego Log, San Diego Magazine, San Diego Metropolitan, San Diego Reader, San Diego Union-Tribune, Soundings, Yachting and Yachting World.   As a musician, he plays fiddle and bass, and has composed nearly two dozen melodies. While “stuck at home with the Pandemic blues,” he produced The Pandemic Sessions: New Tunes in the Old-time Style (mostly), a book and CD featuring the sheet music and recordings of his compositions, including the “Billboard worthy” Got the Pandemic Blues.   Larry also prides himself as being a birder S.O.B. (spouse of birder) and bird photographer. He lives in San Diego, California, with his loving wife, Janis Cadwallader, a serious birder, fellow fiddler, and world traveler.   Other books by Larry M. Edwards   ~ Food & Provisions of the Mountain Men: A Guide to Authentic Provisions of Fur Trappers, Traders and Explorers in the Early American West. It details historically accurate food and provisions of the fur trappers, traders, and explorers who went to the Rocky Mountains in search of the precious beaver fur and other opportunities in the early 19th century.   ~ Official Netscape Internet Business Starter Kit: The Eight Essential Steps for Launching Your Business on the Net, Ventana, 1998. Finalist, San Diego Book Awards, Nonfiction, 1998. Selected as a textbook at Vanderbilt University.   A selection of books edited by Larry M. Edwards:   Fiction   ~ The A.J. Hawke Legal Thriller series by Donald E. McInnis, including two BookLife Editor’s Picks: Return of the Sphynx and Blood on the Water   ~ The Fourth Rising, Martin Roy Hill, Winner, Best Mystery, Best Indie Book Awards   ~ Camp Salvador, M.L. Meurs   Nonfiction   ~ Murder Survivor’s Handbook: Real-Life Stories, Tips & Resources, Connie Saindon, Winner, Gold Award, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards   ~ The Journey: Learning to Live with Violent Death, Connie Saindon   ~ She’s So Cold: The Stephanie Crowe Murder Case—A Defense Attorney's Inside Story, Donald E. McInnis   ~ What the Private Saw: The Civil War Letters & Diaries of Oney Foster Sweet, annotated by Larry M. Edwards   ~ They Must Be Monsters, the untold story of the McMartin Preschool scandal, Matthew LeRoy and Deric Haddad   ~ Outlasting the Nazis and Communists: My Life in Vienna & Prague, Paul Vantoch   Web page: https://www.larryedwards.com/

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