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'''Edward Cline''' (October 22, 1946 – 2023)<ref name="encyclopedia">{{cite web |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/cline-edward-1946 |title=Cline, Edward 1946– |website=encyclopedia.com |access-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref><ref name="fantasticfiction">{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/edward-cline/|title=Edward Cline|publisher=Fantastic Fiction|accessdate=May 11, 2024}}</ref> was an American novelist and essayist. An [[Objectivism|Objectivist]], he was best known for his ''Sparrowhawk'' series of novels, which were set in [[England]] and [[Virginia]] before the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBUlCAwAtNwC&pg=PA161|title=Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series|first1=Janet G.|last1=Husband|first2=Jonathan F.|last2=Husband|year=2009|publisher=American Library Association|page=161|isbn=9780838909676}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/270176782|title=York author finishes 'Sparrowhawk' series on the Revolution|first=Mandy|last=Malone|work=Daily Press|location=Newport News, Virginia|page=H6|date=March 4, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://theobjectivestandard.com/2010/02/edward-cline/|title=Review: The Sparrowhawk Series, by Edward Cline|first=Dina Schein|last=Federman|work=The Objective Standard|date=February 20, 2010|edition=Spring 2010|volume=5|number=1}}</ref> He also wrote numerous detective novels, and was noted as a [[Criticism of Islam|critic of Islam]] on his blog ''The Rules of Reason''.<ref name="vocativ"/>
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* {{cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/edward-cline/sparrowhawk-book-i-jack-frake/|title=SPARROWHAWK, BOOK I, JACK FRAKE|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=October 1, 2001|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781931561204|title=SPARROWHAWK, BOOK TWO: Hugh Kenrick|work=Publishers Weekly|date=October 28, 2002|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781931561877|title=SPARROWHAWK BOOK IV: Empire|work=Publishers Weekly|date=November 15, 2003|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.
* {{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UN4cAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA63|title=BOOK REVIEW: FIRST PRIZE by Edward Cline|first=Ken|last=MacDonald|work=The Pittsburgh Press|date=March 10, 1988|page=B6}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780892962914|title=First Prize|work=Publishers Weekly|date=April 1, 1988|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/06/books/books-of-the-times-murder-spans-the-decades-in-tales-of-suspense.html|title=Books of the Times; Murder Spans the Decades in Tales of Suspense|first=John|last=Gross|work=The New York Times|date=May 6, 1988}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/237872321|title=FIRST PRIZE. By Edward Cline. Mysterious Press.|first=Cherokee Paul|last=McDonald|work=Fort Lauderdale News|page=78|date=June 12, 1988}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781935797210|title=With Distinction: A Chess Hanrahan Novel|work=Publishers Weekly|date=March 12, 2012|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/870919019|title=The books of summer: Local authors produce history, mystery & mayhem|first=Ann|last=Efimetz|work=The Virginia Gazette|page=27|date=July 7, 2010}}</ref> a suspense series (featuring American entrepreneur Merritt Fury),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780962685439|title=Virtues in Verse: The Best of Berton Braley|work=Publishers Weekly|date=February 28, 1994|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}</ref> and a period detective series (featuring Cyrus Skeen in 1920s San Francisco).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/edward-cline/manhattan-blues/|title=Manhattan Blues|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=March 28, 2016|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}</ref> 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). As a writer, his strongest influence was the novelist [[Ayn Rand]] and her philosophy of [[Objectivism]].<ref name="capmag">{{cite web |url=http://capitalismmagazine.com/2011/06/capitalism-magazine-interview-with-edward-cline/ |title=Capitalism Magazine Interview with Edward Cline |first=Mark |last=Da Cunha |work=Capitalism Magazine |date=June 30, 2011 |access-date=January 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215172401/http://capitalismmagazine.com/2011/06/capitalism-magazine-interview-with-edward-cline/ |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cline wrote on [[Freedom of speech in the United States|freedom of speech]] and censorship issues for ''The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science'' and ''The Journal of Information Ethics''.<ref name="encyclopedia"/> 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 ''[[Objectivist periodicals#The Intellectual Activist|The Intellectual Activist]]''.<ref name="encyclopedia"/> His article on English political philosopher [[John Locke]] was carried in two editions of ''Western Civilization'' (McGraw-Hill).<ref name="encyclopedia"/> He wrote the ''Rules of Reason'' blog, and his columns also appeared in ''Capitalism Magazine'', ''Family Security Matters'', and other blog sites.<ref name="capmag"/> He also wrote a "[[counter-jihad]] handbook" about Islam.<ref>{{cite book|title= Handbook on Islam: A Counter-Jihad Guide for the Uninitiated, the Ill-Advised the Misinformed, and the Lied-To|isbn= 978-1512315318|last1= Cline|first1= Edward|date=2015|publisher=CreateSpace}}</ref>
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