Peter Pezzelli
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Peter Pezzelli | |
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Born | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | January 28, 1959
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
Children | 2 |
Peter Pezzelli (born January 28, 1959) is an American author from Narragansett, Rhode Island, who has written five novels.
Biography
Peter Pezzelli was born and raised in Rhode Island, Peter Pezzelli grew up in the town of
After college, Pezzelli traveled for several weeks in Italy before coming home to begin training to be an administrator in his family's nursing home business. He did not begin dabbling on the side with a writing career until later in his twenties when his girlfriend (and future wife) bought him an electric typewriter for his birthday. Not long after, while laid up recovering from knee surgery necessitated by a series of unfortunate rugby injuries, he decided to pass the time by writing short stories. He later enrolled in some creative writing workshops at Brown University and eventually began in his spare time to submit freelance articles to Rhode Island Monthly and other local magazines and newspapers.
In time Pezzelli decided to put aside short stories and freelance writing, and try his hand at writing a novel. He wrote several before finally penning
Pezzelli's novels, all set primarily in Rhode Island or Italy, have been translated worldwide into over a dozen languages. His stories of life, love, friendship, and family have been featured in Reader's Digest Select Editions, Doubleday Book Club, and are favorites of library book clubs around the U.S.[1][2][3]
Books
- ISBN 0-7582-0768-9
- ISBN 0-7582-0770-0
- ISBN 0-7582-1327-1
- ISBN 0-7582-2050-2
- Villa Mirabella (2010)
- The Glassblower's Apprentice (2013)
See also
References
- ^ "Author Peter Pezzelli". BookReporter.com. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ "Villa Mirabella". ReadingGroupGuides.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Peter Pezzelli: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.