Jerrod Edson

1974-

Jerrod William Joseph Edson BA, BEd, PGC, (author, poet, and teacher) was born 14 February 1974 in Saint John, New Brunswick, and was raised in the Kennebecasis Valley. He attended Kennebecasis Valley High. In 1998, Edson enrolled at Carleton University in Ottawa. DreamCatcher published his novella The Making of Harry Cossaboom in 2000.  Edson graduated from Carleton in 2001 with a BA in English literature and history. Edson studied journalism in 2004 and received a post-graduate certificate in journalism and new media studies from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. He began a teaching degree at York, graduating with a BEd in 2007.  In 2010, Edson launched his novel, The Goon, at the Bourbon Quarter Restaurant & Bar in Saint John. His other novels, The Dirty Milkman and A Place of Pretty Flowers were both longlisted for the ReLit Awards. Edson published The Moon is Real in 2016 and The Boulevard in 2022.  As of 2020, Edson was living in Mississauga, Ontario and working as a middle school teacher for the Peel District School Board.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Kennebecasis Valley