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Peter Farris

Born

in The United States

March 23, 1979

Website

http://www.peterfarris.com

Genre

Fiction, Mystery, Crime

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Called a “serious new talent” by Barnes & Noble, Peter Farris is the award-winning author of Last Call for the Living, The Clay Eaters and The Devil Himself. Published in France to critical acclaim, The Devil Himself won Le Prix 813, Best Foreign Novel at the Beaune International Film Festival, Le Prix Totem Des Jeunes Libraires, was an official selection for the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and named a finalist for Le Prix SNCF du Polar. Among other accolades the novel received starred reviews in Rolling Stone, Hebdo and Le Parisien, and was picked one of the best mysteries of the year by ELLE and L'OBS Magazine. Also published in France by Éditions Gallmeister, The Clay Eaters was praised in Le Monde, debuted on the Pal ...more

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French Awards / Southwest Review

Received some nice news from France, as my novel The Devil Himself (Le Diable En Personne) won the 2023 Prix Totem Des Jeunes Libraires or Young Bookseller Prize. Special thanks to the more than 200 booksellers from France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec who participated in this year's jury.

Also, another kind recognition courtesy French booksellers from around the world. My latest novel THE BONE Read more of this blog post »

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Published on November 28, 2023 06:43 • Tags: crime-fiction, france, le-presage, the-devil-himself

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Average rating: 3.98 · 1,817 ratings · 260 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Devil Himself 4.02 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Call for the Living 3.87 avg rating — 560 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Stories from the Twilight Zone by Carol Serling (Editor & Introduction), John Farris, David Black 3.61 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les mangeurs d'argile 4.04 avg rating — 78 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil Himself: A Novel 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Présage by Peter Farris, Anatole Pons-Reumaux (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laissez-moi brûler en paix 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le diable en personne by Peter Farris, Anatole Pons-Reumaux (translator) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laissez-moi brûler en paix liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dernier appel pour les vivants by Peter Farris, Anatole Pons-Reumaux (translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Life was hard back then?” “It was what it was. You just deal with what’s in front of you. Folks a hundred years from now will probably complain all the same. The world will never stop being incomprehensible.”
― Peter Farris, The Devil Himself

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