Clyde Edgerton

An American writer and academic, the author Clyde Edgerton is well known for not only creating a number of novels, but he's also written many essays too. Teach creative fiction he is highly skilled, with a clear idea of what it is that he is doing, knowing exactly how to craft a story, right down to the last detail. Writing a memoir too, he draws heavily from his own life and experiences, using it to fuel his work, giving it a sense of immediacy and realism in the process.

The best place to start is the Shannon Ravenel series, the earliest of Clyde Edgerton's multi-book series: it opens with Winter Run (2002) and runs to 4 books across 2002–2010, ending with Missing Lucile (2010).

Clyde Edgerton has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1985 and 2013. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Shannon Ravenel series with 4 books — and 14 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Clyde Edgerton's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Shannon Ravenel (2002–2010, 4 books).

This guide splits Clyde Edgerton's 18 books into 1 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Shannon Ravenel (4 books, 2002–2010).