He is the author of a novel, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, and a story collection, Esther Stories. A new novel, Love and Shame and Love, will be out next month. Peter is also the editor of Underground America and Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives. Peter was born in Chicago and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He received a law degree from Northeastern University and an MFA from the University of Iowa.