Writing Graphic Novels with Doug Peterson

Doug’s passion for writing can be traced back to grade school, when he ran his own media empire, publishing the monthly Peterson Popper magazine and The Weekly Waste newspaper (with a circulation of 3). He wrote and bound dozens of his own books, including such classics as Journey to the Center of a Swimming Pool and In Cold Ketchup (real titles). Judging by the titles of his children’s books (The Slobfather), some scientists believe his mind became locked in the fourth grade. Doug graduated in journalism from the University of Illinois in 1977 and did a short stint as the editor of a small Wisconsin weekly newspaper. (Their motto: “This is Wisconsin, so we pay you in cheese.”) Fearing that he might be forced to root for the Packers, Doug and his wife returned to the University of Illinois in 1979, where he began work as a science writer and half-time freelance writer. Doug has a love for history, so he made the transition to historical novels with The Disappearing Man, published by Bay Forest Books in 2011 and chosen by Canton, Ohio, for its One Book, One Community program. His next two novels, The Puzzle People and The Vanishing Woman, followed in 2012, and his fourth, The Lincoln League, came out in 2013. His next book, Of Moose and Man, is due out in the spring of 2016, and recounts the Alaskan adventures of comedian Torry Martin.