Peter Emshwiller

Emshwiller's humorous poetry appears regularly in Asinine Poetry, and he has had non-fiction articles published in many magazines including The Writer, The New York Observer, Locus, and The Long Island Tribune. In 2008 he co-wrote the screenplay for As Advertised, a sitcom pilot.

In 2005 Emshwiller helped found DANGERdanger, a comedy improv troupe which performs at such venues as iO West, The Westside Eclectic, and Second City Los Angeles.

In 2004 he signed with the William Morris Agency as a voiceover actor. He has since moved to AT&A for his voiceover representation and The Pinnacle Agency for commercials. Much of his current voice work is for radio advertisements, cartoons, and video games.

He also worked for many years (1992–2004) as a set dresser, lead man, set decorator, and art director for movies and television.

In 1991 his Nebula Award-Nominated science fiction novel, The Host, was published by Bantam Books. In 1992, its sequel, Short Blade, was released (also by Bantam). A paperback copy of this novel was briefly featured in the Quentin Tarantino film "Jackie Brown" as the top book in the Billingsley shopping bag during the dressing room money exchange scene at the Del Amo Mall. Both works have repeatedly been optioned as feature films since they were published (notably by Jerry Bruckheimer from 2004 through 2007) but never made into movies.

Performing under the name Stoney Emshwiller, Emshwiller has been acting since he was a child. He has appeared in numerous stage productions in both New York (off Broadway) and Los Angeles, as well as in films and on TV. From 1988 to 1991 he sang with the 12-person choral ensemble The Euterpeans, including performing a concert at Carnegie Recital Hall.

Peter Emshwiller was managing editor of both The Twilight Zone Magazine and Night Cry from 1985 to 1989.

In 1985, Emshwiller's oil paintings were exhibited in a show at 380 Gallery in Greenwich Village, NYC. Since then his art has been sold to private collectors and his painting, illustrations, and cartoons have been published in various magazines, including Gallery Magazine, Mongrel Literary Journal, and Twilight Zone Magazine.

He was born in Levittown, New York. His father, Ed Emshwiller, was a noted visual artist, and his mother Carol Emshwiller, an award-winning author. Emshwiller graduated from MacArthur High School in 1977, attended Sarah Lawrence College (class of 1982), and married Margaret Mayo McGlynn in 1991. His work has appeared under his own name as well as P.R. Emshwiller, Stoney Emshwiller, Peter McGlynn, Stoney McGuinn, McGuinn Stoney, and Peter Roberts.

Peter "Stoney" Emshwiller (born Peter Robert Emshwiller, February 5, 1959) is an American novelist, artist, magazine editor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his viral video Later That Same Life (a teaser for the full-length film of the same name, now in pre-production), which featured him at middle age talking to his actual teenaged self.