About

Peter J. Stavros is an author and playwright in Louisville, Kentucky. His work has appeared in literary journals, anthologies, newspapers and magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post and The Boston Globe Magazine. His 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. Other works by him include the short story collections (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village and All The Things She Says, and the novella Tryouts. His debut novel, The Thing About My Uncle, will be released on August 20, 2024 from BHC Press. Peter’s plays have been produced across the country, 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 and Instagram @PeterJStavros.

Other Works

  • All The Things She Says

    2023
  • Tryouts

    2022
  • (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village

    2021
  • 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