Tucson Festival of Books

Nick Petrie


Nick Petrie received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington and won a Hopwood Award for short fiction while attending the University of Michigan. His first novel, "The Drifter," won the ITW Thriller and Barry Awards, and was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Hammett Awards. His books in the Peter Ash series include "The Drifter," "Burning Bright," "Light It Up," and 6 others. He lives with his family in Milwaukee, where he is hard at work on the next Peter Ash novel. His newest novel is the just released "The Dark Time."

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Awards: International Thriller Writer Award, Barry Award for Best First Novel, WLA Literary Award (2017), and Apple iBooks Thriller of the Year. Shortlisted for Edgar, Hammett, and Anthony Awards.


Books:
The Dark Time
Mystery / Thrillers
Penguin Group
March 2026
ISBN 9780593540589
400 pages

The Drifter
Mystery / Thrillers
Penguin
August 2016
ISBN 9780425283257
Paperback, 400 pages