Ivan Fehrenbach
In addition to the books mentioned
on the
Translation page, I have
published articles and essays in a
number of magazines and journals,
including each of the publications
shown at the bottom of this page.  
The topics are as varied as grouse
hunting, building my own house,
and presidential inaugural
addresses.  See
Writings to read
some examples.
Peafowl on my land.  I have a number of other fowl
joining my dog on the farm, and various gardens that
have become part of another company, The United
States of Food.  See
www.unitedstatesoffood.com
I was also recently selected to be a contributor at the
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, a selective
gathering of professional writers, editors and publishers.  
There I worked on my current novel,
Dead on the
Board
, which will be circulating this fall.

Short fiction of mine was long-listed in the Fish
International Short Story Prize and won Honorable
Mention in the Writers’ Workshop “Words of Love”
Contest.   A story of mine recently made finalist in the
New York Law Journal's Fiction Contest.
My farm is located between Richmond and
Williamsburg, Virginia, where I am currently teaching
writing at a local community college and reading law.  I
expect to become a member of the Virginia Bar in 2012.
Dead on the Board is a literary suspense
novel about Hollin Strand, an insatiable
but unfocused young man who discovers a
passion for horse-racing.  As he attempts
to gamble his way out of debt, his
meticulous study of thoroughbreds leads
him to suspect foul play in an important
race.  He poses as a reporter, initially for
the purpose of sharpening his
handicapping skills, and begins searching
for evidence to confirm his suspicions.