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Robert H. Abel [1]

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

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