Peter Blauner

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Peter Blauner is the author of six novels, including Slow Motion Riot, which won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was named an International Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement. His novel The Intruder was a New York Times bestseller and a bestseller in England as well. USA Today said his most recent book, Slipping Into Darkness, "might very well be the crime novel of the year."{USA Today, February 28,2006}

Blauner writes finely crafted, uncompromisingly realistic social novels that combine elements of crime fiction with searing character studies.