Peter LaSalle is an American novelist and short story writer. His most recent book is a collection of essays on literary travel, The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling. He has also written two novels, Strange Sunlight and Mariposa’s Song, and five story collections: The Graves of Famous Writers, Sur Glace, Tell Borges If You See Him, What I Found Out About Her, and Sleeping Mask: Fictions (forthcoming). His work has been reprinted in such anthologies as The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, The Best American Fantasy, The Best of the West, Sports Best Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. (updated 10/2016)

His AGNI essay “Walking: An Essay on Writing” is reprinted in The Best Travel Writing 2010.