Contact Info: cefender@aol.com

Welcome to the Website of one of the Northwest’s newest, exciting writers. Many of us have potential books in our heads waiting, patiently, to escape into print or e-books. Sadly, most stay confined.

• In 2009, after many years of writing, following a 1998 raft trip down the Rogue River in Oregon, Ed published his first book “Infinite River”, an adventure novel based on the river experiences. The book is fiction but the geology and river descriptions are very real!
• In 2010, a writer’s retreat inspired the creation of “The Legend of Fender’s Garage”, a mini-memoir about family and growing up in the Colorado Rockies during the mid-1900’s.
• In 2014, his entirely normal retirement trip to Italy in 2011 generated “Italy Calls”, a tale about an adventure-laced trip through Italy. Danger and romance combine for an exciting look at the history and people of Italy.
• Also in 2014, a children’s book, “In the Spooky Forest”, arrived as a fictional account of the author’s grandchildren following a mysterious white something through a real forest on the Oregon coast.
• In 2017, Ed released his adventure memoir, “Idyllic Peru”, to take readers on a walking tour through Peru. In addition to visiting all the fabulous tourist spots, Ed spends a month with the Projects Abroad crew as an Archaeological volunteer to explore an actual abandoned Incan city.
• In 2019, following a 40th anniversary river cruise in Europe and an Archaeological tour through Iran, Ed wrote and released his life story, “Edified”, in an attempt to present the most memorable parts of a remarkably lucky life, including many near-death experiences.