Peter is an English professor at Adirondack Community College in Queensbury, New York where he teaches writing, speech, and the occasional literature class. He won the SUNY Chancellor's Award in 2006  for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity. His first young adult novel Dough Boy, about a fat and self-conscious but very funny high school sophomore, was published by Holiday House in October 2005 and is now available in paperback.It was nominated for the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults in 2006. His latest young adult novel, also with Holiday House, is Magic and Misery, about a teenage girl trying to balance her life with her best gay friend and her new boyfriend. It has been nominated for the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults in 2009 and is on Booklist's Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth: 2009. His third YA novel, Alice Blunt, will be published in 2010.

Peter's full-length play, The Grandma Show, co-authored with Tom Ecobelli, has had productions all over the country. His ten-minute play "Ralph Smith of Schenectady, New York..." has been produced in the 9th Annual New York City 15 Minute Play Festival, the Samuel French 2003 Short Play Festival, and SlamBoston! 2005. Another one-act, "The Good Samaritan,"won first place in SlamBoston! 2006.

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