Robert Olmstead

Robert M. Olmstead ( born January 3, 1954 in Westmoreland, New Hampshire ) is an American writer. His works include four novels, a collection of short stories and his memoirs.

Life

Olmstead studied at Syracuse University. The Guggenheim Fellow worked as a professor at Dickinson College and Boise State University. He is currently a professor and head of the Department of Creative Writing at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Olmstead was known primarily for his Civil War novel The gloss Rappe (2007).

Works

Novels

• Soft Water ( 1988) German Title: Hunting Season. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1992, ISBN 3-498-05014-1. German translation by Klaus Modick.
• A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go ( 1990) German Title: Traces of heart blood, wherever we go. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1991, ISBN 3-498-05017-6. German Translation: German translation of Jürgen Bauer, Fairy Engelmann and Edith Nerke.
• America by country (1993 ) German Title: America inland. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994, ISBN 3-498-05018-4. German translation of Jürgen Bauer and Edith Nerke.
• Stay Here with Me ( 1996) German Title: discontinued go. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997, ISBN 3-498-05023-0. German translation of Jürgen Bauer and Edith Nerke.
• Coal Black Horse (2007 ) German Title: The gloss black horse. Eichborn, Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-8218-4592-0. German translation of Jürgen Bauer and Edith Nerke.
• Far bright star: A Novel. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 2009, ISBN 978-1-56512592-6.

Other literary works

• River Dogs (1987 ) Stories

Non-fiction

• Elements of the Writing Craft ( 1998)