About Peter Brown

Instructor
Peter is a workshop instructor in novel and short-story writing at the Writer's Center, in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, DC. He was a judge of the Writer's Center's 2010 Emerging Writers Fellowship Competition, and of the 2009 Undiscovered Writers Fellowship Competition.

Writer
In 2010, his short story collection, "Sidewalk People" was a finalist in Grace Notes Publishers' Competition. He also published the novella The Death of Rhett Butler at www.deathofrhett.blogspot.com.

Alumnus & Professional
Mr. Brown earned a BA degree under novelist Harry Crews at the University of Florida, and a graduate degree from Antioch University. For 23 years he has made a living at the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C.

Official Donor & Patron
He is a donor of historical artifacts to the following institutions:

The William Faulkner Society of Pirate's Alley, New Orleans.
The George McGovern Library, Dakota Wesleyan University.
The Ava Gardner Museum, Smithfield, North Carolina.
The Eugene O'Neill House and National Historical Site, U.S. Department of the Interior.
The Tennessee Williams Home and Cultural Center, Columbus, Mississippi.