E. D. Arrington, affectionately called Lois by many, is the fourth of seven children. She was raised on a farm in rural Greene County, North Carolina by her grandparents, Tom and Eva Brown Arrington, until their deaths. After graduating from T. C. Williams High School (school of the Titans) in Alexandria, Virginia, Arrington pursued her higher education at local colleges and universities and lived, and worked in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area for twenty-five years before retiring to Wilson, North Carolina, a small town twenty-three miles from her birthplace.

Arrington is the author of: On The Edge, a novel of romance, secrets and intrigue; Stay The Course, a novel based on her life experiences growing up in the rural South in the late 1960s and early 1970s; and, Words of Comfort, Arrington’s first collection of poems and inspirational writings. She is currently working on the novel, Forever Was Day, the sequel to Stay The Course. (www.edarringtonbooks.com)

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On The Edge
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ISBN: 1420851489
Hardcover, Softcover 505 pages.
Pub. Date: December 2005
Publisher: AuthorHouse

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On The Edge is a gripping tale of secrets, suspense, romance, and mystery of the wealthy set in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Secrets lurked amongst the small intimate group of family and friends – secrets they hoped and prayed would never be revealed. But when Jackson Pryce is murdered in the wee hours on that frosty Christmas morning, the secret he kept about his investigation of the underground world emerges. Then Jackson’s handwritten notes fall into the hands of Detective Clay Stephens, his friend and former partner. Determined to find Jackson’s murderer – no matter where or to whom the road leads – one by one, Clay shines a light on all of their secrets. Yet, only one secret would bring all of their fragile worlds crumbling down. Only one secret would wreak havoc over all of their lives. In time, only one secret would break through for all to see. It was destined to happen…the only question is when, where and how?
 

Words Of Comfort
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Paperback: 68 pages
Publisher: Authorhouse (December 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1425909620

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshall, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Fredrick Douglass are all names synonymous with the celebration of African American History; and, each one of them is deserving of our highest praise. However, in Words Of Comfort, E. D. Arrington’s first collection of poems and inspirational writings, she takes the opportunity to pay homage to the least likely of our ancestors. Lest We Forget…Every Life Counts! emblazoned on a golden scroll on the last page, bringing a close to this heartfelt book, sums up the theme weaved throughout this body of work. “Every word,” Arrington says, “was written in tribute to people, all of whom I cherished. People, none of whose names are famous, or, to most, not even recognizable. People who possibly never fathomed being placed in the spotlight of my life…a life that they each helped to shape into the person I am today. My only hope is that by some small measure, I have made them proud.”
 

Stay The Course 
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ISBN: 1418412619
Format: Hardcover, Soft cover 230 pages
Pub. Date: April 2004
Publisher: AuthorHouse

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Stay The Course, set in rural Carroll County, North Carolina, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, tells the moving story of a grandmother's (“Ma”) lifelong dream to see one of her own get a high school diploma. With four grandchildren set to graduate like stair steps, nothing seems to be standing in the way. But on a cloudy Saturday evening, tragedy strikes, leaving one grandson dead, another running from the police, one granddaughter emotionally shattered, and Ma with one last hope — Lori.

But nothing could have prepared Lori for the struggles she would face on her journey to fulfill Ma’s dream — sibling relations, race relations, accepting personal responsibility for her decisions and having to learn positive ways of addressing life’s challenges by first seeking to understand differences rather than judge. And just when she thought the worst was over, the worst was yet to come. On a beautiful Saturday evening, three days before Ma’s dream would stop being a dream, the unbelievable happens.
 

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