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Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright

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Born

Hanover, New Hampshire, The United States

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http://www.peterwheelwright.com

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright is a novelist, architect, and Emeritus Professor at The New School, Parsons School of Design in New York City.

"As It Is On Earth" received a 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention for Literary Excellence in Debut Fiction and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. "The Door-Man," his latest novel is being published Feb. 1, 2022

He is the nephew of Peter Matthiessen, a three time National Book Award winner.

Peter's architecture has been widely published and "The Kaleidoscope House," a modernist dollhouse designed in collaboration with artist Laurie Simmons is in the Collection of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art.

www.peterwheelwright.com

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