Peter Sullivan has published short fiction in literary journals including Imprint and the online journal Hektoen International. He is the recipient of the University of Rochester "Human Values in Health Care Award Best Creative Work" 2008 and again in 2011. He graduated from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York in 1967 and obtained his Master of Social Work Degree from the University of Illinois in 1969. He worked for many years as a psychotherapist and was an adjunct professor in the social work program at the Rochester Institute of Technology for several years. He is the father of four adult children and has one grandchild. He lives with his wife in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi and Rochester, New York.