Robert Abel has published three novels and three collections of stories and numerous articles. His writing awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship and the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. In 1987, 1994 and 1997 he taught at universities in China. His most recent novel, Riding a Tiger, was published by Asia 2000 in Hong Kong. Visit his website for more details. (Photo by Qian Gu.) [Read]