Pete Zacharias received a BA in English with a concentration in creative writing. He is a lover of Nordic noir, dark thrillers, and anything spy, and credits Michael Connelly’s The Poet as the novel that inspired him to become a writer. The Man Burned by Winter is Pete’s first novel.

Pete grew up in Milford, Connecticut, received a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing, and now bounces around between Connecticut and Rhode Island.