Stephen Peters

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Stephen Peters

Best known for writing the novel The Park Is Mine and the screenplay for Wild Things, this American writer has worked across novels, film, and nonfiction. His career reflects a knack for sharp, adaptable storytelling in more than one medium.

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Area Handbook for Albania

Area Handbook for Albania

by Eugene K. Keefe, Sarah Jane Elpern, William Giloane, James M. Moore, Stephen Peters, Eston T. White

About the author

Stephen Peters is an American screenwriter and author whose work spans fiction, film, and nonfiction. He is especially associated with The Park Is Mine, a 1981 novel later adapted for television, and with the screenplay for the 1998 film Wild Things.

Alongside his screen work, Peters has also written books including Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip, showing a range that goes beyond thriller and suspense writing. That mix of novels, screenplays, and cultural nonfiction gives his career a broad, versatile feel.

While detailed biographical information about his personal life is not easy to confirm from the sources reviewed here, his published and credited works make clear that he has built a long career as a professional storyteller in several forms.