Peter Schechter is an international political and communications consultant. A founder of one of Washington’s premier strategic communications consulting firms, he has spent twenty years advising Presidents, writing advertising for political parties, ghost-writing columns for CEO’s, and counseling international organizations out of crises. He also owns a winery, farms goats and is a partner in a number of successful restaurants. Mr. Schechter has lived in Europe and Latin America and is fully fluent in six languages. He lives in Washington, DC. Pipeline is his second novel.