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Cornelius Peter

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Born

Princeton, NJ

Website

https://corneliuspeter.pubsitepro.com/

Twitter

@CorneliusPeter

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Fiction, Mystery, Sports

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Carl Hiaasen, Agatha Christie, Kinky Friedman, Sue Grafton, Raymond Ch ...more

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Cornelius Peter was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, attended the Pomfret School in Connecticut and later received a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Following graduation, he moved to San Francisco with two goals in mind: to see more Grateful Dead shows and to somehow break into stand-up comedy. After a chance meeting with the manager of the Punch Line Comedy Club at a concert by the Jerry Garcia Band, he accomplished both. He became director of promotions for the club, started working nights at the front door and eventually kicked off his performing career at the now legendary Sunday Night Showcase.
Cornelius spent the next two decades performing stand-up around the country at such venues as Cobb’s Come ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 91 ratings · 12 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Big Snooze: A Duffer McDermott Mystery (Duffer McDermott Mysteries Book 1) 3.89 avg rating — 84 ratings	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
	The Big Snooze (Duffer McDermott Mystery #1) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	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
	Literarische Werke. 1905 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Cornelius literarische werke. v.2. 1905 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Cornelius literarische werke. c.1 v.1. 1905 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Cornelius literarische werke. v.3. 1905 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Gunlöd; Oper in drei Aufzügen. Klavierauszug mit Text von Waldemar von Baussnern. 1906 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Der Barbier von Bagdad : komische Oper in zwei Aufzhugen / Text und Musik von Peter Cornelius; English translation by the Rev. Marmaduke E. Browne; Klavierauszig mit Text von Waldemar [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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