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Paul Michael Peters

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in Detroit, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Suspense, Contemporary

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Ann Patchett, John Irving, Richard Russo, Donna Tartt, Philip Roth, ...more

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March 2013

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Paul Michael Peters is an American writer of thrillers, suspense, and the unexpected. He is best known for his twists and takes on the quirky tangents of life.

Broken Objects captures the spirit of America in the era between the start of the Civil War and the turn of the new century following the life of Linnea Karlsson, the first naturally-born American in an immigrant family from Sweden, farming north of Detroit, Michigan.

His recent works include the thriller Combustible Punch, which explores the psychological dance between that most unlikely of odd couples: a serial killer and a high school shooting survivor. Other works include The Symmetry of Snowflakes, Insensible Loss, and short story collections Killing the Devil and Mr. Memory and O ...more

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Paul Michael Peters For all the hours of research I've gone through about writing, I can summarize the advice to boil down to this: find your voice, find a process that f…moreFor all the hours of research I've gone through about writing, I can summarize the advice to boil down to this: find your voice, find a process that fits your level of productivity, and write because you love it.(less)

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How many hours do you put into a book each week?

Paul Michael Peters Every Saturday and Sunday morning I wake up bright and early and go to the world’s greatest coffee shop. Please keep in mind that in my day job I trav…moreEvery Saturday and Sunday morning I wake up bright and early and go to the world’s greatest coffee shop. Please keep in mind that in my day job I travel the world extensively and have tasted thousands of different types of coffee, and when I say this is truly the best coffee in the world, I mean it.

So, I snuggled into my little table with my cup of hot coffee and a bottle of soda water and I will sit there for 6 to 8 hours every Saturday and Sunday. People frequently ask where do I find time to write? You don’t find time. You make it. If writing wasn’t so important to me I would be married, have children, exercise, and all those other fun things people do. I don’t do those. I write. I drink coffee. When my hands get sore, when I start losing my train of thought, I stop and start taking notes for the next day. When I’m not writing, I’m thinking about writing, I’m thinking about plot and character and motivation. Many call it day dreaming. I wish I were interested in sports. Life would be easier if I were interested in sports. There would be so many more to people to talk about sports with.

I live with two cats. My cats love that I write. They love to distract me when I am at home by sitting on my hands on my keyboard. When a new box of books come in they know that the books are subsequent to the box they get to sit in. The paper wrapping that comes with the box is perfect for bedding and they steal it from the box, drag it away, and make a little nest of it. When I mail out copies of my book to avid fans they love the printer labels, they love the postal envelopes that I use. They play with all of it.

Coffee. Books. Cats. Outside of my day job, that’s it.(less)

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Average rating: 3.81 · 736 ratings · 230 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Symmetry of Snowflakes 3.76 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Combustible Punch 3.96 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter in Flight 3.36 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Insensible Loss 3.75 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Memory and Other Stories of Wonder 4.09 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing the Devil 3.83 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paul Michael Peters: The Complete Collection of Short Stories (2012-2018) 4.33 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Objects 3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hummingbird in Winter 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In the vast expanse of human literature, few genres have captivated the imagination quite like detective fiction. At the heart of these tales lies the enthralling process of police investigation—a complex dance of deduction, insight, and intuition. Through it, some of the most iconic literary figures have emerged, from Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot and Philip Marlowe. Why, one might ask, are w

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“When you put pain in perspective”—she pauses to find the right words to articulate the sentiment—“it isn’t that we experience it in the moment. It’s that we are always going to have it, always going to carry it with us. It’s the weight we carry with aging.”
― Paul Michael Peters, The Symmetry of Snowflakes

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“Opening day for the Detroit Tigers is the true mark for the start of spring in Detroit.”
― Paul Michael Peters, The Symmetry of Snowflakes

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