Isler, Alan

Alan Isler was born in London in 1934 and came to America as a young man. He taught English literature at the City University of New York for twenty-five years. His first novel, "The Prince of West End Avenue, " won the 1994 National Jewish Book Award and was one of five fiction finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His second novel, "Kraven Images, " was published in 1996. "The Bacon Fancier: Four Tales" appeared in 1997. He lives in New York City and Sag Harbor.