Neville Frankel

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Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Neville Frankel immigrated to Boston with his family when he was 14. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he pursued doctoral work in English literature at the University of Toronto. While in Canada, he wrote The Third Power, a well-reviewed political thriller about the transformation of Rhodesia to Zimbabwe.

He also received an Emmy for his work on a BBC documentary, The Hillside Strangler: Mind of a Murderer. In 2002 he returned to South Africa for the first time in 38 years. Over the next decade he went back several more times, researching what would become Bloodlines.

When he's not writing, Frankel works as a financial planner and was included in Boston Magazine's 2010 list of Top Scoring Wealth Man
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A Valentine’s Day Meditation

This Valentine’s Day, I decided to write a deeply touching, loving message to my wife.

Of course, things seldom turn out to be what we anticipate or want them to be. I think that’s why I write. That’s why I paint. And I’ve accepted that I really don’t know much about anything, but I am always curious about how things will turn out. My mother used to tell me that as a child I loved playing in the mu

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