09.06.1963 (60 years)
Megan Frances Edwards (born December 17, 1952) is an American writer and editor. Edwards was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, near North Chicago. She graduated with a B.A. from Scripps College in classics and an M.A. in education from Claremont Graduate University, after which she worked in Germany, Greece, California, Texas, and Nevada, as a teacher and also a school principal. She was also a columnist (1993–1998) for the Pasadena Weekly and a contributing writer (2000–2001) for the Las Vegas Weekly. On October 27, 1993, the house where she and her husband lived in California burned down in a wildfire, destroying nearly all their possessions. Instead of rebuilding, they bought a custom motorhome, named it "Phoenix One" and began a road trip that lasted six years. During this time the couple pioneered the (then difficult) art of connecting to the Internet while traveling. One result was "RoadTrip America", a web resource started in 1996 for touring in North America. The first four years of her adventures in Phoenix One are recorded in the book "Roads from the Ashes". In general, the book was well received. In 2008 a collection titled "Caution: Funny Signs Ahead" was published. The book contains pictures of actual signs that are humorous due to juxtapositions, misspellings, double entendres, etc., and which were originally published online at RoadTripAmerica.com.In 2010 Edwards contributed a short story to "The Perpetual Engine of Hope," an anthology featuring stories written by seven Las Vegas writers. She became a contributing writer for Nevada Public Radio's Desert Companion magazine in 2012. In 2017, Edwards debut novel "Getting off on Frank Sinatra: A Copper Black Mystery," was published by Imbrifex Books, March 2017.Other books published by Imbrifex Books include: "Strings: A Love Story," published September 2017. and "Full Service Blonde: A Copper Black Mystery" published in November, 2017. In 2018, Edwards contributed a short story to "Live Through This: An Anthology of Unnatural Disasters," an anthology featuring stories written by eleven Las Vegas writers. Geoff Schumacher (Editor), Huntington Press,