About
Peter J. Stavros is a writer and playwright in Louisville, Kentucky, and the author of the novels, The Thing About My Uncle (BHC Press, 2024), The Reasonable Prudent Man (Silent Clamor Press, 2026), and The Barrister Wore Wrestling Tights (Foundations Book Publishing, 2027). His work has appeared in literary journals, anthologies, newspapers and magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, The Boston Globe Magazine and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Peter's collection of short stories, Three in the Morning and You Don’t Smoke Anymore, won the Etchings Press 2020 Book Prize for a Chapbook of Prose. He has written two other short story collections--(Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village and All The Things She Says--and a novella Tryouts. Peter’s plays have been produced across the country, and as far away as Zambia, garnering Audience Choice accolades at various festivals. He earned a BA in English from Duke University, where he received the Newman Ivey White Award for Fiction, and studied creative writing on a graduate level at Emerson College and Harvard University. More can be found at www.peterjstavros.com and follow on Twitter/X and Instagram @PeterJStavros.
Featured Work
The Reasonable Prudent Man
Part legal thriller, part morality play, The Reasonable Prudent Man follows an ambitious young associate who abandons the very standards he had set for himself in pursuit of wealth and status. Set in the high-stakes world of BigLaw, it chronicles his descent into the nefarious schemes of a rogue partner and his struggle to find his way back after becoming consumed by a life he never really wanted, even when it would seem easier to just give up.
Other Works
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The Thing About My Uncle
2024
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All The Things She Says
2023
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Tryouts
2022
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(Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village
2021
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Three in the Morning and You Don't Smoke Anymore
2020
Awards and Recognition
- Winner of the Etchings Press 2020 Book Prize for a Chapbook of Prose
