Versatile, award-winning writer Abby Mendelson is the author of three novels, Paradise Boys, Scotch and Oranges, and The Oakland Quartet, as well as two collections of stories, Ghost Dancer and End of the Road. In addition, he wrote the best-selling The Pittsburgh Steelers: The Official History, now in a fourth, revised edition; The Pittsburgh Steelers: Yesterday and Today; The Steelers Experience; Arena: Remembering the Igloo, an illustrated history of Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena including dozens of people’s memories; Pittsburgh: A Place in Time, a collection of his writings about Pittsburgh neighborhoods, in a second, revised edition; Pittsburgh Prays: Thirty-Six Houses of Worship, a close examination of the scope of the Pittsburgh religious experience; Voices from the Hill: A Celebration of Hill House; Reckoning with Rainbows: The History of The Pressley Ridge Schools; and A Century of Caring: The History of Holy Family Institute. Abby has also served as a by-line contributor to Pittsburgh Born, Pittsburgh Bred, the official 250th Pittsburgh anniversary book, contributing more than 200 profiles of notable Pittsburghers; Pittsburgh: Fulfilling Its Destiny; Pittsburgh Characters; and The Power of Pittsburgh. As an editor, he has handled a variety of complex projects, including various histories and biographies, Countdown to Renaissance II, the first study of the 1970s Pittsburgh urban revitalization, and Wilderness Within, Wilderness Without, about the lives of troubled teens in a treatment center. Having written countless newspaper and magazine articles on a wide variety of subjects, he also teaches English and writing at Chatham University, Point Park University, and the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pittsburgh and lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Judith.