Larry is originally from the Bronx, so the setting of the story came easily for him. I asked him what he liked best about his hometown. “There is really no other place like it. When you are growing up there, you don’t realize it. It’s home. It’s the way it is. But when you grow… Read more

Would you tell us a little about yourself? I was born and raised in the Bronx, NY. I spent 15 years working in the building trades as a Metal Lather/Reinforcing Iron Worker and left that business when I came down with MS. My wife, three kids and I moved to Flordia (doctors advice) 30 years ago. I began doing freelance newspaper commentary… Read more

When did you first get the idea for The Priest and the Peaches?My brothers and sister and I did lose our parents when we were quite young but I never considered writing about that or something based on that. Then, about four years ago our brother, Bobby, suddenly passed away. After the funeral we were… Read more

What is your name, where were you born and where do you live now?Larry Peterson, born and raised in the Bronx, NY and I have lived in Pinellas Park, FL for the last 31 years. When did you first consider yourself as a “writer”?I think when this new book launched I began to feel I… Read more