Writing as Spencer Quinn, Abrahams is the author of the Chet and Bernie Mysteries. They are all based around teen super sleuth Ingrid Levin-Hill who, inspired by her role model of Sherlock Holmes, solves mysteries throughout the series. There are currently three books in the series: Down the Rabbit Hole, Behind the Curtain, and Into the Dark. He graduated from Williams College in 1968.Ībrahams has started a series for younger readers called the Echo Falls Mysteries. He is married and has four children including Rosie Gray. īorn in Boston, Abrahams lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Stephen King has referred to him as "my favorite American suspense novelist". His literary influences are Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene, and Ross Macdonald. The Fan was adapted into a film starring Robert De Niro and directed by Tony Scott (1996). Down the Rabbit Hole, first in the Echo Falls series, won the best children's/young adult Agatha Award in 2005. Reality Check won the best young adult Edgar Award in 2011. His works include Oblivion, A Perfect Crime, The Tutor, The Fury of Rachel Monette, Hard Rain, The Fan, Crying Wolf, The Right Side the Echo Falls Mysteries for children, and Lights Out, the last of which was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. Peter Abrahams (born June 28, 1947) is an American writer of crime fiction for both adults and children.
For the South African/Jamaican writer, see Peter Abrahams.
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