Kenneth Abel

Kenneth Abel (* 1962 ; actually Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky ) is an American literary scholar and crime writer.

Career

Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky grew up near New Orleans . In 1982 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University Baton Rouge . In 1985 he graduated from Stanford and in 1989 from Harvard with a Master of Arts . In 1993 he became a Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He has been teaching English at Kenyon College in Gambier , Ohio since 1993 . He lives in Columbus , Ohio. Under the pseudonym Kenneth Abel, he published several detective novels, which were also translated into German.

Works (selection)

Detective novels (stand-alone)

• Bait , Delacorte Press, published February 1, 1994, ISBN 978-0-3853-1190-8
  • German: Köder am Haken , translated by Jürgen Bürger, Rowohlt 1997, ISBN 978-3-4994-3245-3
• The blue wall , Delacorte Press, published April 1, 1996, ISBN 978-0-3853-1193-9
  • German: The Wall of Silence , translated by Jürgen Bürger, Rowohlt 1997, ISBN 978-3-4994-3276-7

Detective novels with Danny Chaisson

• Cold Steel Rain , Putnam Adult, published September 11, 2000, ISBN 978-0-3991-4662-6
• The Burying Field , Putnam Adult, published May 27, 2002, ISBN 978-0-3991-4796-8
• Down in the Flood , Minotaur Books, published on 2009
  • German: Die Flut , translated by Norbert Stöbe , Rowohlt, published on April 1, 2009 ISBN 978-3-4992-4824-5

Awards

1998 2nd place at the German Crime Award in the International category for bait on the hook

2001 Junior Trustee Award for Teaching Excellence

Web links

• Kenneth Abel at filmportal.de
• http://www.krimi-couch.de/krimis/kenneth-abel.html
• Biography at Kenyon College
• Bait in Publishers Weekly , January 31, 1994
• The Blue Wall in Publishers Weekly of 1 April 1996 (English)
• Cold Steel Rain in Publishers Weekly of 4 September 2000 (English)
• The Burying Field in Publishers Weekly of 8 April 2002 (English)
• Down in the Flood in Publishers Weekly of 8 June 2009 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Literatur-Couch Medien GmbH & Co. KG: Kenneth Abel . In: Krimi-Couch.de . ( krimi-couch.de [accessed on July 23, 2017]).
2. ^ ^{A b} Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky. Retrieved July 23, 2017 . 
3. ↑ GERMAN CRIME PRICE: Complete list of prices. Retrieved July 23, 2017 .