Tucson Festival of Books

Edward Burns



Myles Aronowitz

Born in Woodside, Queens and raised on Long Island, Edward Burns has made 14 feature films as a writer-director-actor and starred in many films, including "Saving Private Ryan." In 2015, he published "Independent Ed," an inside look at his two decades as a pioneer in independent filmmaking. "A Kid from Marlboro Road" is his first novel, based on his childhood memories and the Irish American communities of the Bronx and Long Island.

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Communities: Irish American


Scheduled events:
Author, Write Thyself
Ed Burns, Leonard Pitts and Luis Alberto Urrea have walked very different paths in their lives, backstories they use to full effect in their books. In this session, we will learn more about them ... and how their own life experiences are infused into their work.

UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Edward Burns, Leonard Pitts, Luis Alberto Urrea
Moderator: Beth Viner
Exclusive for Friends of the Festival - Edward Burns & Lou Diamond Phillips Visit Friends Hospitality Tent
Ed Burns and Lou Diamond Phillips are best-known for the roles they have played on screen, but both became authors ... authors with stories to tell.

Friends of the Festival Hospitality Tent (Seats 58)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 16, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Panelists: Edward Burns, Lou Diamond Phillips
Lights! Camera! Authors?
Ed Burns and Lou Diamond Phillips are best-known for the roles they have played on screen, but both became authors ... authors with stories to tell. Luckily, they'll share some of those stories with us in this sure-to-please hour of insights and laughs.

Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 560)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 16, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Rincon Room (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Edward Burns, Lou Diamond Phillips
Moderator: Elliot Glicksman

Books:
A Kid from Marlboro Road
A Novel
Fiction / Literature
Seven Stories Press
August 2024
ISBN 9781644214077
224 pages

Independent Ed
What I Learned from My Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Penguin Publishing Group
November 2015
ISBN 9781592409334
272 pages