BIO
Ed was born June 19, 1956, to Ed and Barbara Williams in Forsyth, Georgia. He was raised in Juliette and is a proud product of the Monroe County public school system. He graduated from Mary Persons High School in 1974, obtained an Associate's degree from Gordon College in 1976, a BBA from Georgia College and State University in 1978, and an MBA in 1991 from the same university. Ed is married to Debbie, his wife of 29 years, and has two children, Alison (26) and Will (Ed IV - 23). He and his family currently reside in Macon, Georgia.
Professionally, Ed has worked in Human Resources management for several large manufacturing employers - YKK (USA) Inc., the Trane Company, Paragon Trade Brands, and Georgia-Pacific. He has been awarded Georgia College and State University's Outstanding Young Alumni Award, and has been involved in numerous mid-state social and civic group activities over the years.
Ed's life took a decided turn in 1995 when he bought a home computer and began writing down wild old stories about his upbringing in Juliette. He had so much fun writing down these stories that he worked at them for almost a year before tiring of the effort. These stories, through an unusual series of events, were published in 1998 in hardback under the title, Sex, Dead Dogs, and Me: The Juliette Journals.
Ed's book started out in four bookstores in Macon, Georgia - through word of mouth and the internet eight months later he was being stocked nationally by the Books A Million chain, and other large bookstore chains were also considering stocking him. After a year, Ed's original publisher from Texas was so deluged with orders that he decided to quit printing the book and returned its rights back to Ed. In December of 2002, Southern Charm Press out of Atlanta purchased the rights, and published it under the title, Sex, Dead Dogs, and Me: The Paperback! Ed's second book was released in 2003, it was titled Rough As A Cob: More of The Juliette Journals. It was published by River City Publishing in both hardback and paperback formats. In 2007, one of Ed's stories, Sally the Screamer, was included in Jefferson Press' Southern humor anthology, Southern Fried Farce. Released in November of 2009 was Ed's first novel, a wild Southern boy Christmas story published by Champagne Books entitled ChristmaSin': A Juliette Christmas Epistle. Finally, he's pleased to report that he's currently working on a new novel and that Sex, Dead Dogs, and Me is going to be re-released in early part of 2011 by Champagne Books.
Ed has twice appeared on the Georgia Public Radio program, Cover to Cover, he has written a syndicated weekly newspaper column called Free Wheelin', and has won four prestigious online reader's poll awards for his books. His Gather.com page has garnered over 32,000 views, and his Saturday morning articles are among the most popular features there. He has spoken to groups all over the southeast, and has been compared to some of Georgia's most noted humorists.