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Andrew J. Peters

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Born
in Amherst, NY, The United States
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Andrew J. Peters is an author, an educator, and an activist. His books have won the Silver Falchion award and been a finalist at the Foreword INDIES (The City of Seven Gods), as well as a Readers' Choice pick at The Romance Reviews (the Werecat series). He has written two fantasy books for young adults (The Seventh Pleiade, Banished Sons of Poseidon), and he is the author of the adult novel Poseidon and Cleito.

His latest novel Irresistible is a gay rom-com based on the oldest extant romance novel in the world.

Andrew grew up in Amherst, New York, studied psychology at Cornell University, and has spent most of his career as a social worker and an advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

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Andrew J. Peters This is actually rarely a problem for me. I love writing, and if it didn't cost me a semblance of a social life, I would do it all the time.

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This is actually rarely a problem for me. I love writing, and if it didn't cost me a semblance of a social life, I would do it all the time.

My thoughts are never too far from the stories I'm working on (I usually juggle two or more at the same time), so it's a pretty easy transition from the "real world" to my space in front of the computer in my apartment.

I draw specific inspiration like characteristics for a fantasy setting or other little descriptive things when I'm out about about traveling, or visiting a museum, or just reading a book or watching a good movie or TV show.(less)
Andrew J. Peters I have a couple of projects in the works. First, I'm working on The Lost Histories Series with a follow up to The City of Seven Gods and an outline fo…moreI have a couple of projects in the works. First, I'm working on The Lost Histories Series with a follow up to The City of Seven Gods and an outline for a third installment. Kelemun and Ja'bar's adventure really just gets started in the first book when circumstances have them joining up to run away from Qabbat'lee. And there are other characters who I introduced in CoSG - Praxtor, his mother Nebetawy, among others - whose stories are ready to be told.

My other main project is totally different and may surprise some of my readers. I have a contemporary rom-com that I'm shopping around! The one thing that ties it together with my other work is that it's inspired by an ancient Greek myth, though something pretty obscure. I'm excited to share the details in the coming months.(less)
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The Rearing (Werecat #1)

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The Seventh Pleiade

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The Glaring (Werecat #2)

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Irresistible

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The Fugitive (Werecat, #3)

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Banished Sons of Poseidon

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The Trilogy (Werecat, Books...

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The City of Seven Gods

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I came by to approve a comment on one of my old posts, and I was slightly horrified to notice I hadn’t made a peep around here since last year. This is my first post of 2020. Happy New Year! Happy Valentine’s Day! Hoping you had a great Oscars Party!


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Andrew Peters Andrew Peters said: " I will have to come back to this one. About 150 pages into it on my e-reader, I concluded that I bit off more than I can chew here. I was looking for some good, authentic ancient world literature. This may have been too authentic. I felt like I was s ...more "

 
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Rabbis of the Garden State by Daniel Meltz
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Rabbis of the Garden State is a quintessential coming of age novel in the tradition of J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story, and Douglas Stuart’s more recent Young Mungo. Though well-trod territory – an alienated teen ...more
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Disco Witches of Fire Island by Blair Fell
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A secret coven of gay witches can fight off evil spirits through the magic of disco dancing. That’s a literary premise I may have been waiting for my entire life, and mostly, the author delivers with wit and campy fun. Set in the late 1980s, the stor ...more
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The Fantasies of Future Things by Doug     Jones
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Two Black gay men grapple with how to live authentic lives in a setting that may never have been explored in gay literature before: the world of real estate development in 1990s Atlanta. Both men are recently out of college and working for a white-ow ...more
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The Gallopers by Jon Ransom
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A teenage, self-described “sissy” is awash in a world of prejudice and small-town economic despair in Jon Ransom’s second novel, which takes inspiration from the North Sea Flood of 1953. With weathered, working-class characters and an uncomplicated y ...more
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Between the Lines by Zachary   Steele
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A gay teenager must come to terms with his supernatural abilities while finding his place in a New England small town. Briskly paced and light on YA angst, Zachary Steele’s starter novel in a planned fantasy series is breezy and largely enjoyable.

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Roman Ivory by Robert Bruegmann
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A young man undertakes a journey to uncover his dead father’s secret life, and in so doing, comes to terms with his own secrets. Set in mid-nineteenth century England, Italy, and France, the story portrays a dangerous yet surprisingly decadent era fo ...more
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The Beads by David McConnell
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Mental illness, sexual misconduct, and suburban anomie are the themes of David McConnell’s latest novel, which follows the lives of a group of intergenerational characters through the 1980s and 90s. Each character is connected, directly or indirectly ...more
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“The memories were strange clingy things like burrs knotted in his hair. He could choose to let them be, he only felt them when he pulled them, and he could pretend they weren't there like positioning his head on a pillow so as not to notice the lumps against his scalp. But amidst the commotion of the parade—a strange cocoon—he recalled things sharply. He had a part in Dam leaving the palace, and ever since that point, his best friend was headed down a dangerous path.”
Andrew J. Peters, The Seventh Pleiade

“the bedside, stripped him of his clothes, and introduced Károly to the many delicious debaucheries men did with one another in private. In the manner of a virgin youth who had barely conceived of such pleasures, Károly went along with thunderstruck abandon and great multitudes of gratitude.”
Andrew J. Peters, Slashed and Mashed: Seven Gayly Subverted Stories

“Thereafter, they met up at off times, after practices or on the terrace of the pavilion when nightly feasts were breaking up, in what Aerander gradually recognized as a romance, though he wondered at times if it was possible for him to have such luck or, rather, if he was misinterpreting things; it was so hard to tell with boys. He accepted Calyiches' ring in a soft and private moment, nuzzling behind a garden trellis; it came as naturally as laying his head on Calyiches' shoulder. They were bonded. Two boys in love.”
Andrew J. Peters, The Seventh Pleiade

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“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
Dorothy Parker

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
Oscar Wilde (attributed to)

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”
August Wilson

“It all started when Dam went missing.”
Andrew J. Peters, The Seventh Pleiade

“Find the Seventh Sister,
And the girl shall be,
Your spiritual guardian,
For eternity.”
Andrew J. Peters, The Seventh Pleiade

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Tom Blubaugh Hi Andrew,

Thank you for joining my circle of friends.

Blessings,

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