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Best known for writing the screenplay for Wild Things, this author also wrote The Park Is Mine, a tense thriller novel that was later adapted for film. His work moves easily between novels and screen stories, with a knack for suspense and sharp setups.

by Eugene K. Keefe, Sarah Jane Elpern, William Giloane, James M. Moore, Stephen Peters, Eston T. White
Born in 1947, Stephen Peters is an American screenwriter and author whose best-known film credit is Wild Things (1998). He also wrote The Fourth War (1990) and The Wolves (1996), building a career around stories driven by danger, conflict, and psychological tension.
As a novelist, he is especially associated with The Park Is Mine, published in 1981. The book was later adapted into the 1985 film of the same name, showing how naturally his fiction translated to the screen.
Available sources about Peters are fairly limited, but they consistently point to a writer who worked across both books and film, and whose most recognized projects lean toward thrillers and high-stakes drama.