Neville Frankel

Neville Frankel (born 7 December 1948) is a South Africa-born, American writer of literary and historical fiction. His novels include The Third Power (1980), Bloodlines (2012) and On the Sickle's Edge (2017). He received an Emmy for his work on a BBC documentary in 1984.^[1]

Neville D. Frankel
Born	Neville David Frankel (1948-12-07) 7 December 1948 (age 76) Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Dartmouth College (B.A.), University of Toledo (M.A.), University of Toronto (Ph.D., ABD)
Genre	Literary fiction, historical fiction
Notable awards	Emmy (1984), National Jewish Book Award finalist (2017)
Website
www.nevillefrankelauthor.com

Frankel was also a financial planner for more than thirty years.^[2]

Early life and education

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Frankel immigrated to the United States with his family in 1962 at the age of 14. He majored in English at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he graduated in 1972. He earned an MA in English literature from the University of Toledo in 1976. He subsequently pursued doctoral work in English literature at the University of Toronto.^[3]

Literary career

Frankel’s first published book was The Third Power (1980), a political thriller about the transformation of Rhodesia to Zimbabwe.^[1][4]

He was the program consultant^[5] for the Emmy award-winning^[6] documentary, The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1, produced by the BBC/Frontline in 1984.

In 2005 Frankel resumed his writing career and published Bloodlines, a novel set in South Africa’s anti-apartheid era, in 2012.^[7][8]

In 2017 Frankel published On the Sickle's Edge, a novel set in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the 20th century and inspired by the author's own family story.^[9] On the Sickle's Edge was selected as a 2017 National Jewish Book Award finalist in the Book Club Award category.^[10]

Personal life

Frankel is married and has three grown children and five grandchildren. He is also an avid painter and mountain hiker.^[3]

Bibliography

Novels

• The Third Power (1980) ISBN 978-1-4800-7470-5
• Bloodlines (2012) ISBN 0984963200
• On the Sickle's Edge (2017) ISBN 978-1-944884-10-9

Documentary film

• The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1, British Broadcasting Company/Frontline (1984)

Awards

• 1984: Emmy for BBC/Frontline documentary film
• 2017: National Jewish Book Award: Finalist in the Book Club Award category^[10]