Randolph Splitter
I’ve published three books: a fiction collection (Body and Soul, Creative Arts); a work of literary criticism (Proust’s ‘Recherche’: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation, Routledge & Kegan Paul); and a recent novel (The Ramadan Drummer, Pandamoon). I’ve published over a dozen stories in various literary magazines. I’ve also written prize-winning screenplays and made short films.
I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hamilton College; earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley; taught literature, creative writing, and composition for many years at Caltech and De Anza College; and edited the national literary magazine Red Wheelbarrow for ten of those years.
My parents left Vienna after the Nazi takeover. I grew up on the East Coast but have spent my entire adult life on the West Coast. With two daughters and three grandkids, I currently live with my wife in Portland, Oregon.
Works

The Ramadan Drummer
Shots ring out and a child is gravely wounded. After a sexual encounter, the young daughter of a prominent Muslim family disappears. Confronting misogyny, homophobia, and the tyranny of teenage cliques, rejecting both fundamentalism and intolerance, the protagonists of this timely novel learn that they must chart their own paths toward spiritual meaning and personal connection.