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About
the author
The
Lives of
PETER GETHERS
Life
in Publishing:
- Started
as an editor at Bantam Books in 1974.
- In
1978 was made Executive Editor and started Bantam’s hardcover
line (now one of the most successful hardcover imprints in the
publishing business) as well as Perigord Press, a hard/soft imprint
between Bantam and William Morrow.
- In
1980, went to Random House as Executive Editor.
- In
1983, founded Villard Books and was Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
for eight years. Villard was the first start-up company for Random
House, Inc., founded by Bennett Cerf.
-
In 1991, resigned and created new position as Vice President,
Editor-at-Large, Random House, Inc. imprints which include Random
House, Alfred A. Knopf, Crown, Doubleday, Pantheon, Vintage, Ballantine,
Bantam and many more.
- Among
the many authors edited and/or published: Henry Beard, Roy Blount,
Jr., Vincent Bugliosi, Nicholas Gage, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Jimmy
Carter, Wilt Chamberlin, William Diehl, Joe Eszerhas. Jim Flick,
John Feinstein, Robert Fulgham, Peter Gent, Pete Hamill, Chaim
Herzog, Carl Hiaasen, William Goldman, Martha Grimes, Lewis Grizzard,
John Helyar, Seymour Hersh, Robert Hughes, Susan Isaacs, Bill
James, Ricky Jay, Kitty Kelly, Caroline Kennedy, Jonathan Kellerman,
Naomi Levy, Mike Lupica, Eric Van Lustbader, John Madden, Tim
McCarver, Lorrie Morgan, Walter Mosley, The National Basketball
Association, Penn & Teller, Daniel Petrocelli, Roxanne Pulitizer,
Roman Polanski, Wolfgang Puck, Anna Quindlen, Nancy Silverton,
Jonathan Yardley.
Life
in Television:
- Staff
writer for the first season of the hit situation comedy Kate
& Allie, starring Jane Curtin and Susan St. James. Wrote
episodes for two seasons after that.
- Head
Writer and Co-Producer of the situation comedy Working It Out,
starring Jane Curtin and Stephen Collins.
- Co-Creator
and Co-Executive Producer of the first run syndication hour action
show, Land’s End, starring Ed Dryer.
- Has
written many pilots and television movies, working for every major
network and producers such as Grant Tinker, Bill Persky, and Sonny
Grosso.
Life
in Feature Films:
- Script
doctor for Frantic, directed by Roman Polanski, starring
Harrison Ford.
- Wrote
The Master and Margarita with Roman Polanski, as yet unproduced.
- Has
written original scripts for every major studio and have written
for such producers/directors as Rob Reiner, William Goldman, Garry
Marshall and Peter Bart.
- Just
finished a new original screenplay for Miramax called The Alibi
Guy.
Life
as an Author:
As
a book author, Gethers has published the following titles under
the name Peter Gethers, and using his pseudonym, Russell Andrews:
- THE
DANDY (a novel; published in 1978)
- GETTING
BLUE (a novel; published 1986)
- THE
CAT WHO WENT TO PARIS (non-fiction; national bestseller; sold
to 7 countries around the world; published in 1994)
- HISTORICAL
CATS (co-author; humor; published in 1997)
- ROTISSERIE
LEAGUE BASEBALL (Co-author; an annual; non-fiction; published
annually from 1982 through to present)
- GIDEON
(written under pseudonym "Russell Andrews"; a novel;
national bestseller, published in 1999; sold to 12 countries around
the world)
- ICARUS
(written under pseudonym "Russell Andrews"; a novel;
published in June 2001 by Doubleday)
- THE
CAT WHO"LL LIVE FOREVER (non-fiction; to be published by
Broadway Books, September 2001)
- Currently
at work on the third "Russell Andrews" thriller
Personal
Life:
Peter
Gethers was born in New York City. At a young age his family moved
to Los Angeles where he grew up. Gethers attended three different
universities — the University of California at Berkley, the
University of London (University College), and UCLA, where he dropped
out a few days before graduating.
In
1974, Gethers high-tailed it back to NYC as soon as possible, and
has lived there ever since, always below 14th Street.
During the last 25 years, he has also spent much time in France,
living in Paris and Provence. In 1980, Gethers was one of the original
founders of Rotisserie League Baseball — helping to unleash
the nightmare of Fantasy Baseball on the world. Now, Gethers lives
on Washington Square and has houses in Sag Harbor and in the countryside
of Sicily, where he plans to spend as much time as possible writing
and eating.
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