Peter Arthur was born in Australia where he lived until the age of 17. At that time his family came to the United States. He spent his last year of high school at Granite High in Salt Lake City. He did not attend college but chose a path of self education and read widely. Over the ensuing years he worked in many areas of the country. He spent some time as a workers comp fraud investigator (wasn’t any good at tailing cars) and finally settled on sales.

In 1988 Peter had a vivid dream. This dream became the basis for the interstellar culture called the “Directory of Stars and Planets” or more simply the Directory. His first book entitled “The Fight for Immortality” introduces this culture.

ABOUT WRITING:

The dream that formed the basis of the interstellar culture described in “The Fight for Immortality.”  Soon after the dream he began writing the manuscript. But many years would pass before he made a serious effort to complete and publish the novel. In “88 after deciding to write a novel, Arthur felt the best way to educate himself about writing was though reading classic literature. He wanted to see the writing of great authors. Books that had stood the test of time. And to learn from these authors if he could. In the early years he had read mostly SciFi and hand me down Alistair MacLean books from his father, such as “The Way to a Dusty Death” and “Ice Station Zebra.” Later came Zelazny and “Nine Princes in Amber.” Wow! Frank Herbet and “Dune.” Amazing. Orson Scott Card and “Enders Game.”  Jack Vance and “Truillon.”

Comparing classic literature to SciFi he found the writing quality to be better in the classics but the story’s the science fiction writers told!! No comparison there!

He enjoys the process of writing. In SciFi especially many of the freedoms and restrictions are what the author creates. There is satisfaction in working out a tightly woven story.