Peter Delacorte

Peter Delacorte grew up in New York City, where his grandfather was a publisher and his father an editor. Neither had much respect for writers, so Delacorte decided to be one. At Princeton University he won the F. Scott Fitzgerald Prize for Creative Writing. He spent ten years as a pop journalist, the main benefit of which was getting plenty of free records, then got serious and wrote his first novel, Games of Chance, which was adored by critics but fell a few hundred slots short of the best...See more

Peter Delacorte grew up in New York City, where his grandfather was a publisher and his father an editor. Neither had much respect for writers, so Delacorte decided to be one. At Princeton University he won the F. Scott Fitzgerald Prize for Creative Writing. He spent ten years as a pop journalist, the main benefit of which was getting plenty of free records, then got serious and wrote his first novel, Games of Chance, which was adored by critics but fell a few hundred slots short of the best-seller list. His second novel, Levantine, a political thriller set in the Middle East, was also a critical favorite, and unaccountably a big hit in Japan. Delacorte's third novel, Hero of the Revolution, is stored in a warehouse because its publisher went out of business moments before its release date and legal problems ensued. Number four was the charm. Time on My Hands got raves from the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Franciso Chronicle, and numerous other publications. The tale of a man who travels back in time (to 1938) to alter the career of b-movie actor Ronald Reagan, Time was one of five books shortlisted for Britain's Arthur C. Clarke Award. The Mountaintop is novel number five. Peter Delacorte lives in San Francisco with his wife, Bonnie, and their dog, an ineffably cute rescue spaniel mix named Twiggy. See less