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PETER W.J. HAYES
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Peter W. J. Hayes lived in Paris and Taipei before settling in Pittsburgh. He worked as an advertising copywriter and marketing executive before turning to mystery, espionage, and crime writing. He is the author of the Silver Falchion-nominated Vic Lenoski Mysteries, while his short stories have appeared in the Best Mystery Stories of the Year, The Best New England Crime Storie , and multiple mystery magazines and crime-writing anthologies. Three of his short stories also had brief moments of glory as finalists for the Derringer and Al Blanchard awards.
THE VIC LENOSKI MYSTERIES
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