[1] After attending the University of Alberta, Caterina Edwards married an American student of Sicilian origin, and they later settled in Edmonton to start a family.
Much like some of her characters, Edwards is a woman writer, who isolated on the Canadian Prairies, had the freedom to experiment with different genres in short stories, novellas, novels, a play and essays.
[5] When Edwards was asked about the inspiration of her latest book, Finding Rosa she replied, "I wanted to make sense of my relationship with my mother.
Edwards has a sense of regionalism towards the Canadian Prairies in her novels but she tries not to limit her appeal to the rest of Canada.
Edwards' writing has been the subject of graduate theses and literary articles in international journals and books.