Which novels did Michael Peterson write?”
Michael Peterson wrote three novels: The Immortal Dragon, A Time of War, and A Bitter Peace. He was a controversial editorial columnist for the Durham Herald newspaper, expressing opinions about the racial divide that existed in the town where he lived. Over the years, Peterson made various attempts to win public office. It was discovered during his failed 1999 mayoral campaign that the Purple Heart he received resulted from a car accident in Japan and not combat in Vietnam as he claimed.