peter gooch

Fiction Writer

corrales, NM
New Mexico US
Email: 
goochpg@netscape.net
Website: 
www.petergoochauthor.com

Author's Bio

Peter Gilchrist Gooch is a painter, writer, and former art professor living in New Mexico. He is the author of the novel Seren (Apprentice House Press) and the novel LIPS (Atmosphere Press). His short fiction has appeared in numerous literary magazines and online. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, he holds an MFA from Western Michigan University. He resides in Corrales with his wife, Dr. Sharon Ransom.

 

Education: 
Western Michigan University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Book:
LIPS (Atmosphere Press, 2025)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
James Salter, Annie Proulx, Lawrence Durrell, Vladimir Nabokov, Cormac McCarthy, Michael Ondaatje, Graham Greene, Eudora Welty, Jeanette Winterson, Donna Tartt, Jame Smiley, Richard Russo, Jaimy Gordon, Stu Dybek, Cecil Dawkins
What I'm reading now: 
The Hyacinth Girl by Lyndall Gordon, The Moth by Scott Archer Jones

More Information

Born in: 
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Jun 17, 2025