Printable view of Robert H. Abel

Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Public address:

Hadley, MA

Massachusetts US

Email:

robert.abel@the-spa.com

Bio:

I have published six books of fiction, the latest from Asia 2000 in Hong Kong. My Flannery O'Connor Award collection of short stories, "Ghost Traps" has just been reprinted by U. Georgia Press. It is available as a e book. I am currently completing the last novel in what I call "The Beijing Trilogy," based on my years of teaching in China. And I have recently tried my hand at screenplay writing.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Mentor

Raised in:

Mentor, OH

Ohio

Website:

https://www.roberthabel.com [2]

Prizes won:

NEA Creative Writing Award, 1974; Flannery O'Connor Award, 1989; On the Water Fiction Prize, 2007

What I'm reading now:

The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin

Foreign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Cuando Era Feliz e Indocumentado by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Inheritance of Loss by Karin Desai

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Seniors

Teachers

Teenagers