Fritz Peters (author)

Fritz Peters
BornArthur Anderson Peters
1913
Madison, Wisconsin
Died1979
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Period1949-1978
Notable worksFinistère (1951)
Boyhood with Gurdjieff (1964)
RelativesMargaret C. Anderson
Jane Heap

Fritz Peters (1913–1979) was an American author who wrote on themes of spirituality, mental illness, homosexuality, self and society. A nonconformist, Peters' most successful novel was Finistère, published in 1951, which sold over 350,000 copies and was an influential and unapologetic work of early gay literature.