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Welcome to the website of Peter Blauner
New York Times bestselling novelist, TV writer, and Edgar® award winner

Picture in the Sand
Picture in the Sand
Paperback coming March 19th
Paperback coming March 19th!

Peter Blauner’s epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather’s passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson’s life in a post-9/11 world.

Peter Blauner’s epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather’s passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson’s life in a post-9/11 world.

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Welcome to the website of Peter Blauner
New York Times bestselling novelist, TV writer, and Edgar® award winner

The Intruder
The Intruder
Re-release available March 26th
Re-release available March 26th

Peter's New York Times bestselling novel THE INTRUDER is finally back in print again, with a new introduction by the author.

Peter's New York Times bestselling novel THE INTRUDER is finally back in print again, with a new introduction by the author.

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On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book.
—STEPHEN KING
This is historical fiction at its absolute best—heartfelt, anchored in real events and extremely well told.
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Enchanting.
The Economist

Shrewd and revelatory…A politically fascinating saga that bulges with vividly drawn characters and acute attention to the ever-shifting sands of events in the Middle East.
Deadline

Great storytelling, a coming-of-age tale with a love story at its heart…. A gripping, hard-to-put-down thriller.
—Kirkus Reviews

As gripping as any fiction being written today… dazzling.
—Dayton.com

A gripping intergenerational epic.
—Library Journal, Starred Review

Powerfully illustrates the intensity of a young man’s yearning to be part of a larger cause.
—Booklist

Transports readers completely into a different place and time. It is not only fascinating but also heartbreaking and heartwarming.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“This is escapism with a solid political and historical base, which makes it an irresistible read.”
The Globe and the Mail

Blauner’s epic is a triumph, a story within a story, and a Bible story within a movie. It manages to meld a clear-eyed view of modern-day terrorism with the incredible true life history behind the making of Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments in Egypt.
—David Duchovny

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Short Biography

Peter Blauner is the author of nine novels, including Slow Motion Riot, winner of an Edgar Allan Poe award for best first novel from Mystery Writers of America, and The Intruder, a New York Times bestseller and a bestseller overseas. He began his career as a journalist for New York magazine in the 1980s and segued into writing fiction in the 1990s. His short fiction has been anthologized in Best American Mystery Stories and on Selected Shorts from Symphony Space. He has been a staff writer for several television shows, including Law & Order: SVU and Blue Bloods. His new novel, Picture in the Sand, which spans sixty years and the distance from Hollywood to Cairo, was published by Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press in January, 2023. It is his first work of historical fiction. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his wife, author Peg Tyre.