Elena of the Stars, (under the name C. P. Rosenthal), a story about a girl and a horse, has been translated into Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish, and Korean. His short story "The Nicest Kid in the Universe" appears in the Norton Anthology Flash Fiction and was translated into German by the University of Vienna and read on a Austrian National Radio Corporation broadcast on July 14, 2008.

Rosenthal has taught in the Prague Summer Program. He recently lived for four months in the Himalayas of northeast India, the setting for his new book that will be released in the fall by What Books: Are We Not There Yet? Travels in Nepal, North India, and Bhutan. He lives in Topanga Canyon, California where he owns a horse and rides daily. He teaches at Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles.