Peter J. Manos

Seattle Magazine voted Peter J. Manos one of Seattle's top doctors seven years in a row. After retirement he attended a summer session of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His books include: Care of the Difficult Patient: A Nurse's Guide (with Joan Braun, R. N.); Lucifer's Revenge, a novel of magical realism; Dear Babalu: Letters to an Advice Columnist, illustrated by Toby Liebowitz, which was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards competition; and a young adult sci-fi novel, A Girl Named Cricket. Flash Fiction Magazine published his short story Gamma Rays and the Kitchen Sink. A member of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, he is concerned about the threat nuclear weapons pose to humankind. Shadows is his most recent book.