Peter K. Connolly attended the University of Notre Dame, Stonehill College, and Marquette University, earning undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism. He retired from Gene...view morePeter K. Connolly attended the University of Notre Dame, Stonehill College, and Marquette University, earning undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism. He retired from General Dynamics in 1992 as Corporate Director of Public Affairs. Connolly has been a columnist, writer for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball club, and magazine contributor. Grottogate is his third novel. He authored The Last Slider in 2004 and When Shadows Fell at Notre Dame in 2007 and is currently working on another novel set on a coastal island during WWII.A native of suburban New York City and ex-Marine, he now lives in rural Missouri west of St. Louis and devotes much of his time to birding, growing watermelons, feeding catfish and bass, watching Fox News, and buying birthday cards for his six children and 24 grandchidren.Connolly can be reached at [email protected]view less