Character Occupation Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Vampire Hunter, Bodyguard, Federal Marshal
Character Race Human, a few years older than Anita.
Character Status Living; normal; magical null (tKD)
Character Associations and Ties Since his profession is an elite assassin, he has little connection to anybody. Those we do know of besides Anita are: Olaf, Van Cleef, and Bernardo Spotted Horse. His alter ego, Ted Forrester, a registered bounty-hunter, vampire hunter and U.S. Marshal (TH), is currently engaged to Donna Parnell. She lives in Santa Fe and she has two children, Becca and Peter Parnell (ages 6 and 14 in OB). He refers to Peter as his stepson (TH), implying a wedding in between books.
Also seen in Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Café, the Killing Dance, Obsidian Butterfly, Narcissus in Chains(mentioned), The Harlequin, Skin Trade

Character Factoids

• In GP Anita says that Edward is 5 inches taller than she is.
• She also remarks that Edward carries more firepower with him than Rambo.
• He was the one that used the flamethrower on the vampire nest. (GP)
• Edward is bitten by Nikolaos in GP and has his shoulder dislocated and his arm broken in two places.
• Edward considers Anita his soul mate. (OB) He fantasizes about finding out who is the better, meaner hunter, and Anita fears that one day, there will be a final draw-down (recurring.)
• Anita was Edward's protégé, he likes to give her guns and ammo as gifts. He always has cool new things to show/share with Anita, like a mini-Uzi hidden by the spare tire. (CS)
• Edward speaks one or more Middle Eastern languages. (TH)
• In OB, Anita says that she has known Edward for seven years.
• The comic book story The First Death shows the first meeting between Edward and Anita.
• He uses a Texan accent to portray his alter ego, Ted Forrester.
• He is engaged to a woman in her forties named Donna Parnell
• He owns a red "Hummer," which he bought because it will go anywhere. If he wanted to kepp it clean, he would have bought something else. (OB)
• He has a house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to which Donna has added homey touches. (OB)
• In OB he scorned sugar and cream when it comes to coffee. He likes his coffee black.
• He tries to shield Anita from Olaf by getting rather more cuddly with her than he's ever been before. (ST)
• Edward the family man is just as frightening as Edward the killer (OB) but he will pick up Becca from dance lessons. (OB)(TH)
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Edward's Vehicle
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