Peter Gethers (born 1955) is an American

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s, newspaper and magazine articles, and

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; the author of several books, including the bestseller '' The Cat Who Went to Paris'', published in the UK under the title '' A Cat Called Norton'', the first of the Norton the cat trilogy about his

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, Norton. He lives in

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Biography

Born to a

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family, Gethers attended the

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from 1970 to 1972. An avid baseball fan, Gethers is a founding member of the first Rotisserie Baseball League, the 1980 group that started the fantasy sports craze. His brother Eric is also a writer, and his father was a television producer. Gethers' other works include five novels under the pseudonym of Russell Andrews; ''Gideon'', ''Icarus'', ''Aphrodite'', ''Midas'' and ''Hades''.

Novels

As Peter Gethers

*''The Dandy'' *''Getting Blue'' *'' The Cat Who Went to Paris'' (1991) (biographical) (the same book has been published under ''A Cat Called Norton'', UK 2009.) *'' A Cat Abroad'' (biographical) (the same book has been published under ''For The Love of Norton'', UK 2010.) *'' The Cat Who'll Live Forever'' (biographical, 2001) *''Ask Bob'' (August 2013)

As Russell Andrews

*''Gideon'' *''Icarus'' *''Aphrodite'' *''Midas'' *''Hades''

Nonfiction works

*''Rotisserie League Baseball'' (coauthor)

References

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* 1955 births Living people University of California, Berkeley alumni People from Sag Harbor, New York American male novelists American male screenwriters Jewish American screenwriters Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from New York (state) 21st-century American Jews {{explorer-stub