Edmund White

About the Author

On the scholarly front, Edmund White was a Johns Hopkins assistant professor, then a Columbia University School Adjunct professor and a Brown University professor. In 1998 he got a job at Princeton University as professor until his retirement in 2018. During his many years in academia, he had served as New York Institute for the Humanities as a director and was also the director of the Princeton creative writing program. His work has been featured in notable publications such as Architectural Digest and Mother Jones. White was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the French L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2016 White was awarded the Saul Bellow/PEN Award for Achievement and was named the state author for New York State. Edmund White is the author of over 41 books across 8 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of The Edmund Trilogy Books series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Edmund White has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.