Edward (Ted) Parr studied playwriting at New York University in the 1980’s and staged several plays Off-Off-Broadway, including Trask, Mythographia, Jason and Medea, Rising and an original translation of Oedipus Rex before pursuing a lengthy career in the law and public service. He has always had a strong interest in narrative and expanding narrative forms. In his novel writing, Edward explores older genres of fiction (like the pulp fiction French Foreign Legion adventure or the earliest spy adventures) as inspiration to examine historical periods and places. His Kingdoms Fall trilogy won awards for best first novel and best historical fiction from Literary Classics in 2016. His biggest writing writing inspirations are Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Bernard Cornwell, and Patrick O’Brien.