Peter Rand

Senior Lecturer in the Writing Center

MA, Johns Hopkins University

Peter Rand is the author of four published works of fiction, including the novels Firestorm and The Private Rich. He is also the author of China Hands, a nonfiction account of American writers and journalists who covered the revolution and civil war in China during the first half of the twentieth century. He has contributed articles to a variety of journals, and is the co-editor and co-translator of works by current Chinese writers. For fifteen years, Professor Rand taught in the writing program at Columbia University’s School of General Studies.