Peter Faur is the author of The Heretic Hunters: A Parable for Our Time (available October 21, 2025) and Red Metal: A Novel.  He also contributed to Woodstock Revisited: 50 Far Out, Groovy, Peace-Loving, Flashback-Inducing Stories from Those Who Were There. (He was.) 

Faur, a native St. Louisan, was the religion editor of The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, where he worked from 1977 to 1982. He spent most of his career in public relations, working in telecommunications, chemical manufacturing, brewing, and copper mining. His work won several Gold Quills from the International Association of Business Communicators and a Silver Anvil from the Public Relations Society of America.

Faur holds a bachelor of arts degree in education with minors in theology and psychology from Concordia University, Chicago; a master’s degree in journalism from Kansas State University; and master’s degrees in business administration and management from Fontbonne University in St. Louis.

His first novel, Red Metal, told the story of a battle between a hedge fund manager and the CEO of a copper mining company. 

From 2006 to 2020, he served on the board of the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation, which operates the Phoenix Zoo. Today he is a member of the policy committee of Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona. His pastimes include writing, reading, running, and movie-going. He and his wife, Pat, have lived in Phoenix since 2003 and attend La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church.