Peter Telep
Peter W. Telep (born April 8, 1965 in Yonkers , New York , USA ) is an American novelist , screenwriter and university teacher.
Telep wrote nearly forty novels and screenplays for various television series, including an unrealized script for The Sopranos . His novels mostly belong to the genre of science fiction , or tell stories that deal with military special forces. In part, they also deal with the background stories of computer games , such as the Descent or Wing Commander series. Some of his novels have been translated into German. He wrote under pseudonyms such as Ben Weaver, PW Storm, and Pete Callahan. Telep currently teaches at the University of Central Florida .
life and career
Telep was born in Yonkers , New York State . When he was about four years old, he moved his family to Long Island , where he spent much of his childhood. He was later a student at Southampton College . After college, he pursued a career as a screenwriter for film and television. He then spent a few years in Los Angeles , where he met a lot of celebrities and worked on television series such as In the Heat of the Night and The Legend of Prince Ironheart . He then went to the University of Central Florida , where he did his master's degree . Since then he has been teaching script writing, composition and giving creative writing courses. He is also a certified indoor cycling trainer and trains weekly with students in the local gym. In his spare time he is an avid outdoor cyclist.
Works
Novels
- The Squire Series
- Squire (1995)
- Squire's Blood (1995)
- Squire's Honor (1996)
- Space: Above and Beyond (1996, German: Space: Above and Beyond - Inferno im All, vgs Verlagsgesellschaft)
- Demolition Winter (1997, German: Space: Above and Beyond, Winter der Vernichtung, ISBN 978-3-8025-2481-3 )
- Descent range
- Descent (1999)
- Stealing Thunder (1999)
- Equinox (1999)
- Wing Commander
- Wing Commander (1999), German: Wing Commander, ISBN 978-3-404-23218-5
- Wing Commander - Junior Novelization (1999)
- Pilgrim Stars (1999)
- Pilgrim Truth (no official publication, released as e-book 2011)
- Red Planet (2001); German: Red Planet, ISBN 978-3-933731-51-7
- Brothers in Arms Series
(as Ben Weaver)
- Brothers in Arms (2001)
- Rebels in Arms (2002)
- Patriots in Arms (2003)
- Night Angel 9 Series
- Night Angel 9 (2001)
- Playing With Fire (2001)
- Life Flight (2001)
- Force 5 Recon Series
(as PW Storm)
- Deployment: Pakistan (2003)
- Deployment: North Korea (2004)
- Deployment: Philippines (2004)
- Armored Corps Series
(as Pete Callahan)
- Armored Corps (2005)
- Engage and Destroy (2005)
- Attack by Fire (2006)
- The Mercenaries Series
(as PW Storm)
- Blood Diamonds (2006)
- Thunderkill (2007)
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (2008)
- Special Forces Afghanistan
- Direct Action (2008)
- Critical Action (2009), ISBN 978-0-425-22416-8
- "?" Action (2009)
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Choke Point (2012), ISBN 978-0-425-26475-1
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Aftermath (2013), ISBN 978-0-425-26630-4
- Tom Clancy's Endwar: The Missing (2013), ISBN 978-0-425-26629-8
Scripts
- A Final Arrangement (Season 4, Episode 10)
- The Crossbow (Season 2, episode 38)
- Ave Maria (unfilmed script)
Web links
- Peter Telep in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Peter Telep at Open Library
- Official website ( Memento of August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l http://web.mac.com/ptelep/Site/About_the_Author.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Official website - biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Telep, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weaver, Ben; Storm, PW; Callahan, Pete |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American novelist, screenwriter, and university teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yonkers , New York , United States |