Edward Cline

For the actor and director, see Edward F. Cline.

Edward Cline
Born	(1946-10-22)October 22, 1946 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	2023 (aged 76–77)
Occupation	Author, writer
Genre	Historical fiction, detective fiction, politics
Years active	1972–2019
Notable works	Sparrowhawk series

Edward Cline (October 22, 1946 – 2023) was an American novelist, essayist and air force veteran. He was best known for his Sparrowhawk series of novels, which were set in England and Virginia before the American Revolutionary War.

Background

Cline was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended South Texas Junior College. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1965. He was active as a writer since 1972, and worked numerous different jobs, including in "factories, construction, airline and publishing communications, inventory management, banking, computer sales, insurance, and as a computer screen designer, book editor, copyeditor, and proofreader."

Books and writing

Apart from the Sparrowhawk series, Cline's other fiction included a contemporary detective series (featuring Chess Hanrahan, who solves paradoxical murders), a suspense series (featuring American entrepreneur Merritt Fury), and a period detective series (featuring Cyrus Skeen in 1920s San Francisco).

Cline was also known for his writings on aesthetics, his defenses of capitalism and of free speech, and his criticisms of contemporary political trends and of Islam (and religion in general). Cline wrote on freedom of speech and censorship issues for The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science and The Journal of Information Ethics. He wrote feature and cover stories, as well as book reviews, for Marine Corps League Magazine, The Colonial Williamsburg Journal, The Wall Street Journal, and The Intellectual Activist. His article on English political philosopher John Locke was carried in two editions of Western Civilization (McGraw-Hill). He wrote the Rules of Reason blog, and his columns also appeared in Capitalism Magazine, Family Security Matters, and other blog sites. He also wrote a "counter-jihad handbook" about Islam. As a writer, his strongest influence was the novelist Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism.

In May 2016, Cline was informed by the FBI that his name was on a list of over 8,000 names that was characterized as an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) kill list. Cline's landlord promptly evicted him from his Williamsburg, Virginia apartment. In an interview with Vocativ Cline said, "The situation is unprecedented in my lifetime experience. I've never before been evicted or thrown under the bus for what I think and write." According to Vocativ, Cline had "spent the last 15 years raging against Islam and the existential threat he believes it poses to western civilization." A campaign in support of Cline raised more than $14,000, after his story was covered by online outlets such as FrontPage Magazine and Gates of Vienna.

Cline is reported to have died in 2023.

Bibliography

Sparrowhawk series

• Sparrowhawk One: Jack Frake, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-931561-00-1
• Sparrowhawk Two: Hugh Kenrick MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002 ISBN 1-931561-20-6
• Sparrowhawk Three: Caxton, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-931561-53-2
• Sparrowhawk Four: Empire, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-931561-87-7
• Sparrowhawk Five: Revolution, MacAdam/Cage, 2005, ISBN 1-59692-154-4
• Sparrowhawk Six: War, MacAdam/Cage, 16 January 2007, ISBN 1-59692-198-6
• Sparrowhawk Companion (in collaboration with Jena Trammell, editor), MacAdam/Cage, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59692-261-7

Sparrowhawk re-releases

• Sparrowhawk: Book One, Jack Frake, Patrick Henry Press, July 2013, ISBN 978-1491217498
• Sparrowhawk: Book Two, Hugh Kenrick, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013,ISBN 978-1492156895
• Sparrowhawk: Book Three, Caxton, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013, ISBN 978-1492163060
• Sparrowhawk: Book Four, Empire, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013, ISBN 978-1492180005
• Sparrowhawk: Book Five, Revolution, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013, ISBN 978-1492183358
• Sparrowhawk: Book Six, War, Patrick Henry Press, August 2013, ISBN 978-1492185918
• The New Sparrowhawk Companion, Patrick Henry Press, December 2013, ISBN 978-1494406066

Chess Hanrahan series

• First Prize, Chess Hanrahan, #1, Mysterious Press/Warner Book, 1988, ISBN 0-89296-291-7
• First Prize, Chess Hanrahan, #1, Perfect Crime Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825157-7-8
• Presence of Mind, Chess Hanrahan, #2, Perfect Crime Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9825157-0-9
• Honors Due, Chess Hanrahan, #3, Perfect Crime Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-935797-14-2
• With Distinction, Chess Hanrahan, #4, Perfect Crime Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-935797-21-0

Merritt Fury series

• Whisper the Guns, Merritt Fury, #1 Atlantean Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9626854-2-9
• Whisper the Guns, Merritt Fury, #1, Patrick Henry Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1481220880
• We Three Kings, Merritt Fury, #2, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481219075
• Run From Judgment, Merritt Fury, #3, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-148-1248709

Cyrus Skeen series

• China Basin, Cyrus Skeen, #1, Patrick Henry Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1481182201
• The Head of Athena, Cyrus Skeen, #2, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481202466
• The Daedâlus Conspiracy, Cyrus Skeen, #3, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481208772
• The Chameleon, Cyrus Skeen, #4, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481212625
• A Crimson Overture, Cyrus Skeen, #5, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1492251972
• The Black Stone, Cyrus Skeen, #6, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1494974626
• The Pickwick Affair, Cyrus Skeen, #7, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500217167
• Silver Screens, Cyrus Skeen, #8, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1508772019
• The Circles of Odin, Cyrus Skeen, #9, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1511441599
• Sleight of Hand, Cyrus Skeen, #10, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1511786881
• Stolen Words, Cyrus Skeen, #11, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1514248706
• An August Interlude, Cyrus Skeen, #12, Patrick Henry Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1516876051
• Wintery Discontent, Cyrus Skeen, #13, Patrick Henry Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1517491505
• Manhattan Blues, Cyrus Skeen, #14, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1523381814
• The Janus Affair, Cyrus Skeen, #15, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530042562
• First Things, Cyrus Skeen, #16, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530496273
• Civic Affairs, Cyrus Skeen, #17, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530849468
• Exegesis, Cyrus Skeen, #18, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1533003478
• Seeing Double, Cyrus Skeen, #19, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1537136288
• Trichotomy, Cyrus Skeen, #20, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1537649535
• Beginnings, Cyrus Skeen, #21, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1539699354
• Reciprocity, Cyrus Skeen, #22, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1530496273
• Saving Athena, Cyrus Skeen, #23, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1541389830
• Split Infinitives, Cyrus Skeen, #24, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1542843089
• Passions, Cyrus Skeen, #25, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1544251967
• Celebrity News, Cyrus Skeen, #26, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1544903026
• Inquest, Cyrus Skeen, #27, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1546836230
• Double Entendre, Cyrus Skeen, #28, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1974664009
• Sufferance, Cyrus Skeen, #29, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1976594854
• Warlocks, Cyrus Skeen, #30, Patrick Henry Press, 2017
• The Skeen Chronicles, Cyrus Skeen, #31, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1979109109
• Reprisals, Cyrus Skeen Detective, #32, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1979435604
• The Pendulum, Cyrus Skeen, #33, Patrick Henry Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1981342969
• School Days, Cyrus Skeen, #34, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1983486142
• Breakdown, Cyrus Skeen, #36, Patrick Henry Press, 2018
• The Gumshoe Guild, Cyrus Skeen, #37, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1986064071
• Serenity, Cyrus Skeen, #38, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1987639087
• Chicago Serenade, Cyrus Skeen, #39, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1724231536
• Flute, Cyrus Skeen, #40, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1727871968
• A Final Canvas, Cyrus Skeen, #41, Patrick Henry Press, 2019 ISBN 978-1790771110
• Gallery, Cyrus Skeen, #42, Patrick Henry Press, 2019 ISBN 978-1795164436

The War of Ideas series

• Running Out My Guns, The War of Ideas, #1, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481810067
• Broadsides in the War of Ideas, The War of Ideas, #2, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481800792
• Corsairs and Freebooters, The War of Ideas, #3, Patrick Henry Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1481804509
• Boarding Parties & Grappling Hooks, The War of Ideas, #4, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1482087833
• Letters of Marque, The War of Ideas, #5, Patrick Henry Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1493749034
• From The Crow's Nest, The War of Ideas, #6, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1499690620

Other works

• The Wizards of Disambiguation: A Critique of Detective Genre Literary Criticism, Atlantean Press, 2019 [1993] ISBN 978-1798540077
• Islam's Reign of Terror, Patrick Henry Press/Voltaire Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500920777
• Rational Scrutiny: Paradoxes and Contradictions in Detective Fiction, Patrick Henry Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1500848903
• Handbook on Islam: A Counter-Jihad Guide for the Uninitiated, the Ill-Advised the Misinformed, and the Lied-To, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015, ISBN 978-1512315318
• Cogitations: Recent Reflections on the State of Things, Patrick Henry Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1517267377
• Routing Islam, Patrick Henry Press, 2016 ISBN 978-1539426868
• Collectables, Patrick Henry Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1-7271-5539-6
• The Ghouls of Grammatical Egalitarianism, Patrick Henry Press, 2019 ISBN 978-1798103388

External links

• Official website (defunct)
• The Rules of Reason, blog (defunct)
• Edward Cline at Fantastic Fiction