07/01/14 - PETER BENJAMINSON'S ARTICLE ABOUT THE ATTEMPT TO MAKE A MOVIE BASED ON HIS SIXTH BOOK, "THE LOST SUPREME: THE LIFE OF DREAMGIRL FLORENCE BALLARD," WAS PUBLISHED BY ROLLINGSTONE.COM. IT CAN EASILY BE ACCESSED AT www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-lost-supreme-and-a-classic-hollywood-con-20140701. 05/01/14 - PETER BENJAMINSON'S SEVENTH BOOK, "MARY WELLS: THE TUMULTUOUS LIFE OF MOTOWN'S FIRST SUPERSTAR," WAS RELEASED BY CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS IN 2012.This book is the first biography of the late great Ms. Wells ever published, as well as the third book Peter has written about the Motown Record Company. He previously wrote "The Story of Motown,"(Grove Press, 1979), the first book ever published in this country about Motown, and "The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard" (Chicago Review Press/Lawrence Hill Books, 2008), a bio of the founding member of the legendary Motown group The Supremes.He is now writing a biography of Rick James, one of Motown's last superstars, for Chicago Review Press.Peter was born in Washington, D.C. and was a reporter and City-County Bureau Chief for the Detroit Free Press from 1970-76. While at the Free Press, he wrote the book "Investigative Reporting," with Dave Anderson (Indiana University Press, 1976 and Iowa State University Press, 1990), the first how-to book in that field. It was in print for 20 years. In 1979 he wrote "The Story of Motown," and from 1979 to 1981 he was a reporter for the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He taught journalism at Binghamton University, New York University, and Columbia University from 1981-91. In 1984, he wrote "Death in the Afternoon: America's Newspaper Giants Struggle for Survival" (Andrews, McMeel), the first and only book about the death of afternoon newspapers in America's big cities. In 1992, he wrote "Publish Without Perishing" (National Education Association and National Writers Union); and in 1997, he wrote "Secret Police: Inside the New York City Department of Investigation" (New York: Barricade Books). From 1991-1994 he was the spokesman for the NYC Department of Investigation. He was Assistant Editor of the Chief Leader Newspaper in New York City from 1994-1998 and the spokesman for the NYC Correction Officers Benevolent Association from 1998-2003. In 2003 and 2009 he was the spokesman for Members for Change in NYC Teamsters Local 237. All rights reserved