Edward Stanton

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Edward Stanton was born in Colorado, raised in California and has lived in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Spain. He's author of fourteen books, some of which have been translated and published in Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. Road of Stars to Santiago, the story of his 500-mile walk on the ancient pilgrimage route to Compostela, was called one of the best books on the subject by The New York Times. On the dust cover of this work, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Michener said, “Edward Stanton recounts his adventures with stylish conviction.” His novel Wide as the Wind won the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Young Adult Fiction and three other international prizes. His travel memoir VIDAS: Deep in Mexico and Spain won ...more

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