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I always find it extremely difficult to write "biographies" as I'm not even sure I know myself that well. I am above all else a proud moon child born in June 1972 in Chicago, Illinois; the year of Watergate and Rosemary's Baby. As a child, I loved to read late into the night with a flashlight, hidden under a blanket. I was also infatuated with roller skating to disco music in our cement basement during snowstorms.
I take a 3 hour nap every day, eat loads of mac and cheese and love to drive around late at night and listen to music. I am not ashamed to admit I am a huge fan of 80′s punk rock and old country. My favorite pastimes are chasing full moons, reading 1940′s pulp mystery novels, gambling in Vegas and reciting movie lines.
In high school, I was a reckless and rebellious teenager living under the motto of live fast and die young, but that didn't quite work out. At 22, after many attempts, I got clean and sober and entered the field of addiction working with teenagers suffering from substance abuse problems. For 13 years I worked in a residential treatment program for teenagers as the lead counselor and left to work in private practice.
I live in Indianapolis, Indiana with my husband Alex and our three dogs Dunken, Tucker and Boo Radley. They tolerate my craziness for which I am forever grateful.
When I am not writing, I run an online magazine called raannt with my husband which focuses on celebrity interviews, music festival coverage, red carpet events and daily music and style posts.
My first novel, The Before Now and After Then, was an adventure into wondering what would have happened if I had ever had the courage to talk to my first crush.
My next novel, Suicide Birds, is about a 15 year old girl's coming of age over 4th of July weekend after her mother dies of a heroin overdose. It is set for release Spring 2015.
I love, encourage and respond to all fan mail at peter@raannt.com or on my website petermonn.com
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