Edward in the News
March 2024
Where They Wrote: Heather O’Neill’s Literary Tour of New England — enRoute
Author Heather O’Neill and illustrator Sarah Wormann take us to the house museums of Massachusetts authors.
February 2024
Writer/illustrator Edward Gorey’s library lands at SDSU — The San Diego Reader
David Kohyahni talks with Linda Salem, who heads up the Edward Gorey Personal Library at San Diego State University.
October 2023
Edward Gorey House: A Quirky Cape Cod Museum — The New England Historical Society
The Society uncovers the wonders of the House.
June 2023
Goreyfest: The Edward Gorey Collection of Valerie and Matthew Young — Friends of the Princeton University Library Review
For collectors Valerie and Matthew, their Gorey mania all started with The Bug Book.
November 2022
Ballet Bleeds into Everything: Grandfather of Goth Meets the Father of American Ballet — En Face Magazine
Alanna Love connects the dots between Edward and his muse George Balanchine.
October 2022
A Visit To The Edward Gorey House — The Enterprise
The Edward Gorey House is Joanne Brianna-Gartner top pick for this year’s Halloweekend.
October 2022
12 Surprising Facts About Edward Gorey — PBS Masterpiece
A bite-sized biography of Edward, courtesy of PBS Masterpiece and Edward Gorey House Director Gregory Hischak.
October 2022
Getting to Know Edward Gorey — Atlas Obscura
Paula Span visits the Edward Gorey House and reminisces about her last encounter with Edward.
May 2022
Ron Howard’s First Animated Film ‘The Shrinking Of Treehorn’ Heading To Netflix — Deadline
Florence Parry Heide’s iconic tale of the ever-smaller Treehorn, illustrated by Edward, is Ron Howard and Netflix’s new project.
April 2022
Artist Edward Gorey's love of ballet focus of Cape Cod museum exhibit — The Cape Cod Times
Kathy Driscoll reviews the new exhibit Doing the Steps at the Edward Gorey House.
February 2022
Edward Gorey Centennial Postage Stamp Campaign — The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust
The House and the Trust spearhead the campaign to commemorate Edward with a Forever Stamp.
July 2021
Edward Gorey’s Toys — The New Yorker
Casey Cep dives into one of Edward’s most unusual hobbies — toymaking.
April 2021
Andy and Barbara Muschietti, Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani Team for Edward Gorey’s ‘The Doubtful Guest’ — Hollywood Reporter
Edward Gorey’s 1957 cult classic to be made into a full-length film, reports Borys Kit.
March 2021
How Collectible is Gorey? Very — Cape Cod Wave
Laura Reckford shares her memories of Edward’s time on the Cape while exploring the upcoming Great Gotham Gorey Collection auction.
February 2021
Norman Reedus to Develop Edward Gorey’s ‘Neglected Murderesses’ as AMC Series — Variety
Actor Norman Reedus is bringing Edward’s Neglected Murderesses to television, reports Variety.
October 2020
CEMETERY WALK: Acclaimed illustrator’s ashes were interred in Ironton in 2000 — Ironton Tribune
Heath Harrison walks through the cemetery where some of Edward’s ashes reside with his mother.
January/February 2020
Edward Gorey’s Gothic Nonsense — The Gay & Lesbian Review
From his covers at Doubleday to The Lost Lions to unrequited crushes, Mark Dery unveils the queerness in Edward’s life and work.
December 2018
Edward Gorey and the Power of the Ineffable — The Atlantic
Gabrielle Bellot celebrates the undercurrent of mystery present in every Gorey piece.
December 2018
Edward Gorey’s Enigmatic World — The New Yorker
Joan Acocella reviews Mark Dery’s biography Born To Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey.
November 2018
The mysterious, macabre mind of Edward Gorey — BBC
Cath Pound takes a look at the new biography of Edward, Born To Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey, by Mark Dery.
October 2018
The Afterlife of Edward Gorey — Public Radio Tulsa
Mark Dery sits down with Scott Gregory and Philbrook Museum of Art’s Jeff Martin for a Halloween discussion of Edward’s life.
October 2018
Edward Gorey Was Eerily Prescient — The New York Times
Steven Kurutz takes us through Goreyland by way of Mark Dery’s new biography, The Order of the Good Death’s Halloween bash, and Alison Bechdel.
March 2018
Despair as an Art Form: Edward Gorey’s Art Collection — The New Yorker
Artist Deb Lucke visits an exhibit of Edward’s art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
July 2017
The Edward Gorey House on Cape Cod is the Good Kind of Ghastly — The Washington Post
Travel writer Andrea Sachs visits the House.
April 2017
Edward Gorey, Pack Rat — Atlas Obscura
Cara Giaimo dives into Edward’s collections.
May 2015
Cover Story: Edward Gorey’s Best Book Jackets — The Daily Beast
Mark Dery writes about Edward’s mastery of color through the lens of his book covers.
September 2014
’E’ is for Elephants…Etchings…and Edward (Gorey) — Cape Cod Times
Joanna McQuillan Weeks writes about the Edward Gorey Etchings Exhibit in New Bedford.
June 2014
At the Edward Gorey House: the man behind the macabre — Boston Globe
Rob Duca says, “Visit the Edward Gorey House — but don't expect to figure him out.”
May 2014
Fantod Press exhibit comes to Edward Gorey House in Yarmouth — Yarmouth Register
Coner Powers-Smith writes about the Edward Gorey House's 2014 exhibit highlighting Edward’s publishing ventures.
April 2014
Gorey, Gorey, Hallelujah! — Barnstable Patriot
Mary Richmond writes, “‘F is for Fantod[s]’ is a beautifully and carefully curated exhibit and is a must see for all Gorey fans but is also a great introduction to those who have never opened a page of a Gorey book.”
July 2013
Behind Closed Doors — Harvard Magazine
The House is included in this feature of the residences of prominent Harvard alumni.
June 2013
Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey and G is for Gorey - C is for Chicago: The Collection of Thomas Michalak — LUMA
Loyola University Museum of Art presents Elegant Enigmas: the Art of Edward Gorey and G is for Gorey - C is for Chicago: The Collection of Thomas Michalak, two exhibitions coming to Chicago in February 2014.
February 2013
Edward Gorey’s 88th Birthday Doodle — Google
An Amphigorey-style Doodle commemorates Edward’s birthday.
December 2012
‘American Idol’ Alum Siobhan Magnus To Front ’90s Supergroup — Hollywood Reporter
Local singer Siobhan Magnus announces formation of new band “The Doubtful Guest.”
October 2012
Cape Crusader — Hemispheres Magazine
United Airlines features the Edward Gorey House as a road trip destination.
October 2012
Edward Gorey’s gothic tales from the vault — Los Angeles Times
Edward's eccentric arches are on display in two reissues and a never-before-published story, reviewed by Mark Dery.
September 2012
Inside the Homes of Famous Authors — Departures Magazine
A.N. Denvers spotlights the Elephant House in a list of authors’ homes-turned-museums.
August 2012
A Treasure Trove of Edward Gorey — The New York Review
Eve Bowen promotes the '“Gorey Preserved” exhibit at Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library with a dive into Edward’s legacy.
May 2012
Mail Bonding — Los Angeles Review of Books
Mark Dery explores the relationship between Edward Gorey and author Peter Neumeyer in Neumeyer’s new book Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey and Peter F. Neumeyer
March 2011
Nightshade Is Growing Like Weeds — New York Times
Edward’s influence on our culture and art is everywhere, writes Mark Dery.
August 2010
Orlando Museum of Art — On View Magazine
A brief summary of Edward's life and work as a setting for Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey, at the Orlando Museum of Art
March 2007
Edward Gorey — Harvard Magazine
Susan Lumenello profiles Edward in her review of Amphigorey Again.