Edward "Ted" Delaney

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Edward J. Delaney (born 1957) is an author, documentary filmmaker, college professor and journalist. His publishing credits include the short-story collection The Drowning and Other Stories, and the novel Warp & Weft, which received the PEN/L.L. Winship Award in 2005. His documentary work includes The Times Are Never So Bad: The Life of Andre Dubus, which debuted at the 2007 Rhode Island International Film Festival.

As a faculty member at Roger Williams University, Delaney works as a full professor in the Communications and Creative Writing departments.

Delaney's most recent journalistic publication was "Where Great Writers Are Made" in the 2007 fiction issue of The Atlantic Monthly. He has published short stories in The Atlantic Monthly and other literary magazines and quarterlies. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Short Stories and O. Henry Award annuals.

He is also a 2008 National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellow.

Delaney was also a reporter for The Denver Post and a columnist for The Colorado Springs Gazette. He was recipient of a National Education Writing Award in 1988.