Eddie Price is a lifelong native of Kentucky. A graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College (BA) and Western Kentucky University (MA and Rank I), Eddie has taught history for 36 years (31 at Hancock County High School). He has also taught part-time classes for Owensboro Community & Technical College. The winner of numerous teaching awards, Eddie has coached many award-winning academic teams and history contest winners. He is active in the Hancock County Historical Society and helped organize the Young Historians Club. Eddie is world traveler who enjoys bicycling, horseback riding and swimming. He now lives in Hancock County, Kentucky.

• Designated a “Kentucky Writer” by the Kentucky Arts Council

• Kentucky Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau 2012-2013 and 2013-2014

• Kentucky Historical Society/Kentucky Bicentennial Commission War of 1812 endorsement.   

• National Society United States Daughters of 1812 “Spirit of 1812 Award”

• Novel Widder’s Landing recognized by Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear

• Commendation from Kentucky State Senate

• Widder’s Landing named “Gold Medalist” in the 2013 Reader’s Favorite Award Contest: for Best Historical
                                 Fiction at the 2013 Miami International Book Fair

• Widder’s Landing was listed and reviewed by the Kentucky Department of Libraries & Archives in the 2014
                                Kentucky State Fair Special Exhibitions Bibliography

• National review in “1812 War Cry” Magazine Winter 2014, General Society of the War of 1812

• Director, Hancock County Museum

• Board Member, Hancock County Historical Society