Peter Gelfan

Peter Gelfan was born in New York City, grew up in New Haven and the New York City suburbs, and attended Haverford College until he dropped out. He has traveled widely and lived in Spain, England, Florida, and Vermont. He co-wrote the screenplay for CARGO, LES HOMMES PERDUS, which was produced and released in France in 2010. FOUND OBJECTS, his debut novel, was published in 2013, and MONKEY TEMPLE, his second, in 2019. The first edition of his nonfiction book HURLING WORDS INTO DARKNESS: A BOOK DOCTOR'S DOSE OF BRAIN SCIENCE FOR WRITERS was published in 2021; a revised second edition will be released in fall of 2022. He lives with his wife, Rita McMahon, in New York City, where he continues to write and work as a freelance book editor. He also volunteers as a writing tutor at a New York City high school.