Edward L. Bishop | |
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Residence | Edmonton |
Education | BA, MA, PhD |
Alma mater | University of Alberta, Queen's University |
Occupation | Professor, Department of English and Film Studies |
Employer | University of Alberta |
Notable work | Riding With Rilke |
Awards | Motorcycle Award of Excellence for best Motorcycle Book, Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction (2006) |
Edward L. "Ted" Bishop is a Canadian author and academic. A professor of English literature and film studies at the University of Alberta, his first non-academic publication was Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books, a travel memoir which was a Canadian bestseller in 2005 and a finalist for the 2005 Governor General's Award for English non-fiction, and won the MAX Award (Motorcycle Award of Excellence) for best Motorcycle Book and Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction.