Edward Bruce Bew, a Virginian by birth but a Floridian by choice, became a published author at the tender age of fourteen years when a newspaper in his hometown, Virginia Beach, printed a short story he wrote. He has written sporadically ever since. A life-long philatelist, he has written many articles for publication in internationally circulated magazines for stamp collectors.
While serving in the army in India during World War II he wrote and published a pictorial volume An American Soldier's Calcutta Album. His most recent works include a booklet on "talking" stamps, Stamps say the Darndest Things, a philosophical booklet, Excerpts from the Diary of an Octogenarian, a history of the part played by aircraft carriers in the 1941-45 war in the Pacific, Hanging by a Thread, and a sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant autobiography of his early adult years, from high school graduation through his military service in World War II, The War Could Have Been Won Without Me.
Reunion in Palm Beach and other Florida stories, a collection consisting of a novel, a novella and ten short stories, all with Florida locales, was released in 2005. One of the stories from this book, Eliza Washington and the Tune Hoister, was awarded First Place in the Short Story, Fiction category, in the 2006 Mount Dora Competition.
His book, Death Takes a Honeymoon, a "whodunnit" that will keep the reader guessing to the very last page, was released in September 2006. Now in his 90th year (2008), he has written "Trail of the picture in the wallet."
He lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida, with his Maltese dog, Bobo.