Peter Selgin

Peter Selgin (/ˈsɛldʒɪn/; born 1957) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, editor, and illustrator.

Following high school, he attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where he studied film, theater and visual art.

His twin brother, George Selgin is Director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary & Financial Alternatives.

His first novel, Life Goes to the Movies (2009) was a finalist for both the James Jones First Novel Fellowship and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award for the Novel.

His stage drama, A God in the House, based on Dr. Jack Kevorkian and his "suicide machine", was presented there in 1991, and subsequently optioned for off-Broadway.

Visual art Selgin's illustrations and paintings have been featured in The New Yorker, Gourmet, Outside, Fine Gardening, San Francisco, Boston, Forbes, U.S. Art, American Illustration, Time-Out New York, the Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as NPR's Weekend Edition, Fox's Good Day New York, and CNBC's Great Stuff.

[citation needed] As a commercial artist, he storyboarded several motion picture scenes, including the gargoyle special effects sequences in Tales from the Darkside.