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Peter Devine
His website, www.apeterdevine.com introduces Peter Devine as a “storyteller,” and it is certainly an apt description. Having lived his life gathering stories, it is no wonder that ...view moreHis website, www.apeterdevine.com introduces Peter Devine as a “storyteller,” and it is certainly an apt description. Having lived his life gathering stories, it is no wonder that he is adept at recounting them. His writing career spans nearly fifty years, dating from the time when he and his first wife began their globe-straddling adventures and the author wrote early in the mornings, on beaches, in bungalows, on trains, in taverns, frequently using his overturned knapsack as a writing desk and penning his work longhand in notebooks. In majoring in journalism at university he had learned the art of developing a storyline, which is journalists do when they gather and arrange facts. “But of course a writer of fiction is able to interpret facts and convey impressions for the purpose of entertainment and inspiration, which gives us a bit more leeway than journalists,” he observes. His first bylines were for sports and human interest pieces, followed by travel pieces and personality profiles. He began devoting himself to the craft of the short story with his 1988 collection entitled Try Anything Once, and followed it up in 1994 with another collection, And Then It Begins. Along the way he published a book of essays, Buck Naked and Covered in Grits, an inquiry into the nature of women’s desires, Real Women Only Want One Thing, and a memoir of his travels, One Hand Waving Free. His novels include Certain Knowledge (1998), Don’t You Ever Kiss Me Once (2003), and The Pumpkin Eater (2005). A one-time resident of New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina he wrote Indecent Exposure: Hurricane Katrina Lays Bare the Soul of the Old South. He is currently completing a novel about WWII survivors in the Venezuelan rain forest in 1954 entitled Lift A Cup to Ancient Battles. Peter Devine currently lives in Texas with his wife Maria and their two hurricane rescue dogs, Lizzie and Lilly.view less
Books by Peter Devine
The Havana Treatment: Selected Stories 2001-2014 True to the Code: Stories of the American Character Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings