Teri Peitso-Holbrook is an American mystery writer living in Atlanta with her husband and two children. She is the author of four mysteries and has been nominated for several literary awards. She currently teaches at Georgia State University

Georgia State University

Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...

 and is pursuing multimodal and digital writing. Her oldest daughter, Chandler, is a 2009 graduate of the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...

and currently lives in China.

Quotes

• "I believe the characters we create are based, in part, on our personality traits, but that doesn't make me Gale...", University of West Georgia (November 2, 2002).
• "I'm not the same writer that wrote the first book, the second book or even the third book..., our writing changes us and I'm not the same author I was in the beginning...", University of West Georgia (November 2, 2002).
• "Just because you're a writer, it doesn't make you a good public speaker...", University of West Georgia (November 2, 2002).