The Oakland Quartet

Versatile, award-winning writer Abby Mendelson is the author of two previous novels, Paradise Boys and Scotch and Oranges, as well as two collections of stories, Ghost Dancer and End of the Road. In addition, he wrote the number-one best-selling The Pittsburgh Steelers: The Official History, now in a fourth, revised edition; The Pittsburgh Steelers: Yesterday and Today; Pittsburgh: A Place in Time, a collection of his writings about Pittsburgh neighborhoods, in a second, revised edition; Reckoning with Rainbows: The History of The Pressley Ridge Schools, and A Century of Caring: The History of Holy Family Institute. Abby served as a by-line contributor to Pittsburgh Born, Pittsburgh Bred, the official 250th Pittsburgh anniversary book; Pittsburgh: Fulfilling Its Destiny; Pittsburgh Characters; and The Power of Pittsburgh. As an editor, he has handled a variety of complex projects, including various histories and biographies, Countdown to Renaissance II, the first study of the 1970s Pittsburgh urban revitalization, and Wilderness Within, Wilderness Without, about the lives of troubled teens in a treatment center. Currently, he teaches English and writing at Chatham University, Point Park University, and the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pittsburgh and lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Judith.