Bill Edwards was born in New Jersey and grew up on a farm in Wyoming. He started out his career as a championship rodeo rider but, after several broken bones, he moved to New York and pursued a career as a model. He appeared as an actor in several Westerns during the 1940s before pursuing a second career as a painter and commercial illustrator. Along with painting scenes inspired by the Old West, Edwards illustrated over 100 paperback covers. In the 1960s, he started another career as a certified SCUBA diver and instructor. He died of pneumonia at the age of 81 in Newport Beach, California.
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Yes, Sally, you’re hired 🙂
Anyone from New Jersey is by definition awesome
(not really)
But this profile is 🙂
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Thanks! Bill Edwards certainly appears to have led a colorful life! 🙂
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You know, my sister made the exact same comment when she first showed me the cover for Party Girl. I was like, “If that’s the case, then Lust Empire must be after I got the job.” Lol.
Actually, my favorite is Slum Virgin just because the title is so shameless. 🙂
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This one is really good:
http://bishopsbox.tumblr.com/post/35927080848/lust-cant-hide-1965-a-novel-by-jack-vast
Thank you for such an interesting site!
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