Peter J Stavros

Peter J. Stavros is the author of the novels, The Thing About My Uncle (BHC Press), The Reasonable Prudent Man (Silent Clamor Press), and The Barrister Wore Wrestling Tights (Foundations Book Publishing). He is the recipient of the Etchings Press 2020 Book Prize for a Chapbook of Prose for Three in the Morning and You Don’t Smoke Anymore. Other works include the short story collections (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village and All The Things She Says, and the novella, Tryouts.

A licensed attorney and former reporter for the Associated Press, Peter has published his writing in literary journals, magazines, newspapers and anthologies, including The Saturday Evening Post, The Boston Globe Magazine and Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Peter earned a BA in English from Duke University, and studied creative writing on a graduate level at Emerson College and Harvard University. Originally from Queens, New York, he lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and their cheese-stealing rescue Golden Retriever, Molly.