ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Peter Plate, whom the Review of Contemporary Fiction calls “one of the most intriguing novelists writing now,” is a self-taught fiction writer. His eight novels include One Foot off the Gutter (1995), Snitch Factory (1997), Police and Thieves (1999), Angels of Catastrophe (2001), and Fogtown (2004), all published by Seven Stories Press. In 2004 Plate was named a Literary Laureate of San Francisco, where he lives.