Peter Behrens (writer)
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Peter Behrens | |
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| Born | October 7, 1954 Montreal, Quebec |
| Occupation | Novelist, short stories |
| Notable works | The Law of Dreams |
Peter Behrens (born 1954) is a Canadian-American
Profile
Behrens was born and raised in
He followed up with the novels The O'Briens (2011)[1] and Carry Me (2016).[4] While researching Carry Me, Behrens held a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). Carry Me won the 2017 Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature.
Behrens was a 2015–16 fellow of Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. In fall 2017 he was the Mordecai Richer Writer in Residence at his alma mater, Concordia University (Montreal). In 2013 Behrens was Distinguished Visiting Writer at Wichita State University. He is an adjunct professor at Queen's University of Charlotte where he teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program. Behrens has guest-lectured at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Concordia University's School of Cinema, and taught screenwriting at Simon Fraser University's Praxis Screenwriters' Workshop.
Behrens began his screenwriting career working in collaboration with the producer Jerome Hellman. Behrens has several film and television credits as writer and story consultant. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America (West) and the Writers Guild of Canada. He has guest-lectured at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and taught at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), the University of Southern Maine, Colorado College, and Wichita State University.
His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times,
Bibliography
Novels
- The Law of Dreams (2006) – House of Anansi Press (Canada); Steerforth Press/Random House (US)
- The O'Briens (2011) – House of Anansi (Canada); Pantheon Books (US)
- Carry Me (2016) – House of Anansi (Canada); Pantheon Books (US)
Short stories
- Night Driving: Stories (1987) – Macmillan of Canada
- Travelling Light (2013) – Astoria
Screenplays
- Cadillac Girls - 1993
- Kayla - 1998
- In God's Country - 2007
References
- ^ a b c d "Peter Behrens". The Canadian Encyclopedia, October 26, 2011.
- ^ "The Coffin Ships". The New York Times, December 10, 2006.
- ^ "A Moth to Marfa’s Flame". The New York Times, February 29, 2012.
- ^ "A Love Story Rudely Interrupted By History". NPR, March 20, 2016.
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