Peter Hellman Journalist and Author

Peter is a New York-based wine journalist and best-selling
author. His writing has appeared in Wine
Spectator, The Wall Street Journal, New York
Post, New York Times, New York Sunand others. Books
include bestselling Chief!: Classic Cases from the Files of
the Chief of Detectives and When Courage Was
Stronger than Fear. Magazine journalism highlights include
the first major profile in the American press (New York
Times) of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld and their search for
justice for Nazi victims in France; and the real estate
cloak-and-dagger story of the Manhattan assemblage of the
Citicorp Center (New York Magazine). Peter started writing about
Rudy Kurniawan in 2008 and has covered the story ever
since. He has two adult children and lives with his
wife, Susan, in New York City.