Meeting & Events for May 2012
Peter H. Green
Our Regular Meeting will be May 26th from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Our speaker will be
Peter H. Green, Author of Crimes of Design
How to Recover from your Career in 400 Days or Less, Writing Biography and Noir Fiction
Peter Green’s Crimes of Design—a "flood-plain noir" mystery—weaves a complex
tale of murder, eco-terrorism, love, lust and betrayal.
—Rick Skwiot, Author of Key West Story
When asked about his quixotic career, Peter Green says, “One definition of noir fiction is: a story about a loser who keeps trying to do the right thing but is usually in the right place at the wrong time, forced to spend an inordinate amount of his precious lifetime and resources to clear his name, outwit authorities and fight for what is right. If you’ve ever worked in an office, a store, a factory or a military outfit, you know what I mean.
“I’ve been advised by such famous writers as Elaine Viets, ‘Don’t get mad, get even—and try to do it without getting sued.’ So I resolved to leave behind any dark thoughts from my so-called ‘legitimate career’ and weave some of the fascinating characters I’ve met—disguised beyond recognition—into a good story. While I can’t right past wrongs, at least the quest has made an honest man out of me. Come on out and hear how I deal with the outrageous fortune we all encounter through the healing craft of writing, and how you can, too.”
tale of murder, eco-terrorism, love, lust and betrayal.
—Rick Skwiot, Author of Key West Story
When asked about his quixotic career, Peter Green says, “One definition of noir fiction is: a story about a loser who keeps trying to do the right thing but is usually in the right place at the wrong time, forced to spend an inordinate amount of his precious lifetime and resources to clear his name, outwit authorities and fight for what is right. If you’ve ever worked in an office, a store, a factory or a military outfit, you know what I mean.
“I’ve been advised by such famous writers as Elaine Viets, ‘Don’t get mad, get even—and try to do it without getting sued.’ So I resolved to leave behind any dark thoughts from my so-called ‘legitimate career’ and weave some of the fascinating characters I’ve met—disguised beyond recognition—into a good story. While I can’t right past wrongs, at least the quest has made an honest man out of me. Come on out and hear how I deal with the outrageous fortune we all encounter through the healing craft of writing, and how you can, too.”
About the Author
In his career as an architect, Peter Green has seen enough close calls, suspicious acts and outright skullduggery to lure him into writing mysteries. In Peter’s debut novel, Crimes of Design, architect Patrick MacKenna, discovers the body of the staunchest advocate for his controversial flood-protected dream project in the site’s storm water pumping station during a record flood in St. Louis. He is forced to become an amateur sleuth to save his career, his family and his very life.
A writer, architect and city planner reared in a family of journalists, Peter found his father’s 400 World War II letters, his humorous war stories, his mother’s writings and his family’s often hilarious doings too good a tale to keep to himself, so he launched a second career as a writer. After years of architectural work and proposal writing for his design firms, he went back to Washington University to study creative writing with such accomplished authors as Catherine Rankovic, Robert Earleywine and Rick Skwiot, resulting in the release in 2005 of his biographical memoir on the often hilarious antics and serious achievements of his dad’s World War II adventure, Dad's War with the United States Marines, James A. Rock & Co., Seaboard Press (Florence, SC).
Peter earned a Certificate in Creative Writing and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Washington University, St. Louis, and a B.A. from Yale University. He is Vice President, Programs, for St. Louis Writers Guild, a member of Sisters in Crime, St. Louis Publishers Association and Missouri Writers Guild. Among design organizations, he is a member of the American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association, American Institute of Certified Planners and past St. Louis Post President and Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Connie, and has two very young married daughters and three small grandchildren. The life and times of the last pet he owned. “The Night We Ruined the Dog,” can be found on his website, www.peterhgreen.com .
A writer, architect and city planner reared in a family of journalists, Peter found his father’s 400 World War II letters, his humorous war stories, his mother’s writings and his family’s often hilarious doings too good a tale to keep to himself, so he launched a second career as a writer. After years of architectural work and proposal writing for his design firms, he went back to Washington University to study creative writing with such accomplished authors as Catherine Rankovic, Robert Earleywine and Rick Skwiot, resulting in the release in 2005 of his biographical memoir on the often hilarious antics and serious achievements of his dad’s World War II adventure, Dad's War with the United States Marines, James A. Rock & Co., Seaboard Press (Florence, SC).
Peter earned a Certificate in Creative Writing and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Washington University, St. Louis, and a B.A. from Yale University. He is Vice President, Programs, for St. Louis Writers Guild, a member of Sisters in Crime, St. Louis Publishers Association and Missouri Writers Guild. Among design organizations, he is a member of the American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association, American Institute of Certified Planners and past St. Louis Post President and Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Connie, and has two very young married daughters and three small grandchildren. The life and times of the last pet he owned. “The Night We Ruined the Dog,” can be found on his website, www.peterhgreen.com .