Peter J. Stavros is a writer and playwright in Louisville, Kentucky, and the author of the novel, The Thing About My Uncle, (BHC Press, 2024). 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.