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GEORGE, PETER

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Peter George was born in Cardiff in 1939 and spent his childhood in Wales. He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol. He is married with three children and three grandchildren and is now retired. Peter has been writing poetry for some years, with one published collection, Ceredigion Cycle and Other Poems (Truntulus, 1997), and another forthcoming. In 1998 his poem Antiphony of a Grief Rewarded, was completed in memory of Suzy Lamplugh and was subsequently set to choral music by Seimon Morris. The piece was first performed at St. David’s Cathedral. London performances followed in 2003 and 2008; recorded in 2004. Another poem/libretto for choir and soloists, Adam the Man (2004), was completed in 2004, set to music by Seimon Morris and recorded in 2005.

Peter suffered from a life threatening illness in 1999 leading to a slow but miraculous recovery (he underwent the third experimental stem cell graft in the country). This prepared him for his first novel entitled Undreamed Shores (AuthorHouse, 2007). A second novel is currently under way.

Peter was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in 2010. He is a member of The Society of Authors, The Performing Rights Society and an associate member of Literature Wales.

Selected Publications:
Poetry:
Ceredigion Cycle and Other Poems (Truntulus, 1997)

Novels:
Undreamed Shores (AuthorHouse, 2007)

Contributed to:
Four eyes (2009)
A joint poetry collection with the late Peter Heneker Ksg, profits to Medecins Sans Frontieres.


Undreamed Shores (AuthorHouse, 2007)

Venice, its burden of years and the scale of its wonders, is the setting for the main elements of the story which begins on graduation day in ’84 New York. It is in Venice, while on holiday, that Mary and John become involved in an alleged miracle which will change their lives irrevocably and alter their views of the mysterious.

John, an academic specialising in the Italian Renaissance, is determined to discover the truth of what he has witnessed. Mary, who is harbouring a dark secret, is not. They return to their home on Long Island where events take dramatic turns.

Many other characters weave their way in and out of the plot…driving it to a conclusion in Holy Week 2007…and a return to Venice where John, determined to revisit the place of his encounter with angels, is waiting for his own miracle…but for Mary, a revelation…

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