Richard Zimler

Richard Zimler (* 1956 in Roslyn Heights, Nassau County, New York State ) is an American- Portuguese journalist and writer.

After he had taken degrees in comparative religion ( Duke University, 1977) and Journalism ( Stanford University, 1982), he worked for eight years as a journalist, mainly in the area of ​​San Francisco. In 1990 he moved to Porto ( Portugal), where he has taught since then at the University journalism.

He holds both the American and Portuguese citizenship.

In the last 10 years, 7 novels were published by him:

• "Unholy Ghosts " (1996)
• "The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon " (1996, German edition " The Kabbalist of Lisbon", 1997)
• " The Angelic Darkness " (1998)
• "Hunting Midnight" (2003)
• " The Search for Sana " (2005)
• " Guardian of the Dawn " (2005)
• "The Seventh Gate" (2007)

His novels were published in the bestseller lists 12 different countries, including the U.S., Great Britain, Portugal, Italy and Australia.

Zimler won numerous awards for his work, including the 1994 " National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Fiction" Best and the 1999 Herodotus Award in the category of historical U.S. debut novel. "The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon " was declared in the UK by three recognized critics book of the year and both " The Search for Sana " and "Hunting Midnight" were nominated by the Portuguese bookstores for the " International IMPAC Literary Award ".

Zimler also writes reviews for the LA Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.