Dear Edward
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 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Ann Napolitano |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | The Dial Press (US) Viking Press (UK) |
Publication date | January 6, 2020 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1984854780 |
Dear Edward is a 2020 novel by American writer Ann Napolitano. It tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a plane crash that kills all of the other 191 passengers, including the protagonist's family.[1][2] Dear Edward was published on January 6, 2020, by The Dial Press.[3] It was Napolitano's third novel.[1][4] A TV series of the same name aired in 2023.
The novel was partially inspired by the crash of Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 on May 12, 2010, which resulted in the deaths of all 103 passengers and crew except a 9-year-old boy.[4] Napolitano said of the real-life crash: "This story just flayed me. I could not imagine how the boy would be OK, and I could feel from the stickiness of my obsession that I was going to have to write a book that created a set of circumstances to make him OK."[4]
