Peter Lefcourt is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of film and television. His first novel, The Deal, was a cult favorite in Hollywood, has been adapted into a movie, and is one of ten books that John Gotti reportedly ordered from jail. He was, among other things, a writer on Cagney and Lacey and co-executive producer on ABC’ s Desperate Housewives. He currently resides in Santa Monica, California.