Peter Gethers Explained

Peter Gethers
Notableworks:	The Cat Who Went to Paris
Pseudonym:	Russell Andrews

Peter Gethers (born 1955) is an American publisher, screenwriter and author of television shows, films, newspaper and magazine articles, and novels; he is 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 Scottish Fold, Norton. He lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York.

Biography

Born to a Jewish family,^[1] Gethers attended the University of California at Berkeley 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Okrent . Daniel . Kvelling in Their Seats - A first-time producer on what it took to stage Old Jews Telling Jokes . New York. April 29, 2012.