- Musical play based on his novel "Ragtime" performed at the Piccadilly Theatre, was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Musical of 2003.
- The musical stage adaptation of his novel, "Ragtime" at the Drury Lane Productions in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical (Large).
- His family was a family of readers; he was named for Edgar Allan Poe, a favorite of his father's.
- Author of a dozen novels, three volumes of short fiction and a stage drama, as well as essays and commentary on literature and politics.
- His musical, "Ragtime" at the Griffin Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2018 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Ensemble.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 133, pp. 184-191. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Volume 170, pages 78-86. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, Cengage Learning, 2008.
- Had homes in Manhattan, and Sag Harbor, New York.
- Studied with the poet and critic John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College in Ohio, where he earned a bachelor's degree, then spent a year in the graduate program in drama at Columbia, where he met his wife, Helen Setzer, then an aspiring actress.
- His musical, "Ragtime" at the Griffin Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2018 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
- "Ragtime" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2018 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Large Musical or Revue Production.
- Editor-in-Chief of The Dial Press.
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