Peter Dubé is the author of three books, including the novel Hovering World (DC Books, 2002), and the collection of linked short stories, At the Bottom of the Sky (DC Books, 2007), which was nominated for a Relit Award. His most recent title, the novella Subtle Bodies (Lethe Press, 2010), a fantastical biography of French surrealist René Crevel set on the night of his suicide, is nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. He is also the editor of the anthology Madder Love: Queer Men and the Precincts of Surrealism (Rebel Satori Press, 2008). His short fiction has been broadly anthologized: "Janus" from At the Bottom of the Sky, appeared in Best Gay Stories 2008 (Lethe Press), and "Lycaon," from the same collection, was republished in Wilde Stories 2008 (Lethe Press). His story "Echo" was published in both Wilde Stories 2009 (Lethe Press) and Life As We Show It (City Lights, 2009). More recently, his short story "Blazon" appeared in the anthology Saints & Sinners: New Fiction From the Festival (Queer Mojo, 2010) and will be reprinted in Wilde Stories 2011 (Lethe Press). His new novel, The City's Gates, a literary noir narrative about an unhappy academic, the collapse (or explosion) of language, and a symbolist street gang is scheduled for publication with Cormorant Books in spring, 2012. He is the editor of Best Gay Stories 2011, to appear shortly on Lethe Press.

In addition to writing fiction, Dubé is a widely published art critic and cultural journalist whose work has appeared in magazines like ESSE, Espace Sculpture, Canadian Art, and C Magazine and commissioned catalogues for institutions such as the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery of Concordia University and the SKOL Centre.

Dubé is a graduate of the Master's Program in Creative Writing at Concordia University. He lives in Montreal with his partner, the artist Mathieu Beauséjour, where he works as a freelance writer and translator. His website is www.peterdube.com.