Kenneth Wishnia’s novels include 23 Shades of Black, an Edgar and Anthony Award finalist; Soft Money, a Library Journal Best Mystery of the Year; and Red House, a Washington Post Book World “Rave” Book of the Year. His short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, Queens Noir, Politics Noir, and elsewhere. His latest novel, The Fifth Servant, has been nominated for the “Premio Letterario Adei-Wizo” by the Italian chapter of the Woman’s International Zionist Organization.
From Ken's Website:
Kenneth Wishnia was born in Hanover, NH to a roving band of traveling academics. He earned a B.A. from Brown University (1982) and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from SUNY Stony Brook (1996). He teaches writing, literature and other deviant forms of thought at Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, Long Island, where he is a professor of English.
Ken’s novels have been
nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, and have made
Best Mystery of the Year lists at Booklist, Library Journal, and The
Washington Post. His short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen’s
Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Murder in Vegas,
Long Island Noir, Queens Noir, Politics Noir, Send My Love and a Molotov
Cocktail, and elsewhere.
His most recent novel, The
Fifth Servant, was an Indie Notable selection, one of the “Best Jewish
Books of 2010” according to the Association of Jewish Libraries, a
finalist for the Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery Award, and winner
of a Premio Letterario ADEI-WIZO, a literary prize awarded by the
Associazione Donne Ebree d’Italia, the Italian branch of the Women’s
International Zionist Organization.
He is married to a wonderful Catholic woman from Ecuador, and they have two children who are completely insane.
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