Mars, Peter ( - )

Genre: General Fiction, Non-Fiction

Peter Mars is a writer of crime fiction and non-fiction. He is a native of Brookline, Massachusetts and was a Boston area policeman for twelve years. He served several years with the Yarmouth Police Department on Cape Cod before moving to Maine, where he was Chief of Administrative Services for the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office until his retirement in 1997. He graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in criminal justice and police science, and received a masters in public administration and a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University. He has lived since 1980 in North Monmouth.