Peter is a writer, husband, and dad.

He is the author of Our Subway Baby, a children’s picture book published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Our Subway Baby is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. The book made the 2021 American Library Association Rainbow Book List.

Peter wrote We Found Our Son in the Subway, a personal essay about his family, for The New York Times. Variations of the story have been published in Marie Claire Australia, Marie Claire South Africa, Reader’s Digest, Knack Weekend (Belgium), Red (United Kingdom), and Found Magazine.

He has written several plays including Two Spoons (productions in St. Petersburg, FL; Chicago; New York City, and finalist for the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival), Andrew Reaches the Other Side, Red & Tan Line, Yesterday’s News (produced in New York City), and Hatch (semi-finalist for the AACT NewPlayFest and for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference).

Peter is the founder and Artistic Director of Other Side Productions, a nonprofit theatre company. In addition to writing and producing, he is a presentation specialist and web site designer.

Peter enjoys hiking and exploring the National Parks. He has played on the same softball team, Rookies, for over 25 years, and was recently inducted into the Big Apple Softball League Hall of Fame. He lives in New York City with his husband Danny.