Peter de Vries was educated in Dutch Christian Reformed Church schools, graduating from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1931. He also studied at Northwestern University. He supported himself with a number of different jobs, including those of vending machine operator, toffee-apple salesman, radio actor in the 1930s, and as an editor for Poetry magazine from 1938 to 1944.
Novels
But Who Wakes the Bugler? (1940)
The Handsome Heart (1943)
Angels Can't Do Better (1944)
No, But I Saw the Movie (1954)
The Tunnel of Love (1954)
The Mackeral Plaza (1958)
The Tents of Wickedness (1960)
Through the Fields of Clover (1961)
The Blood of the Lamb (1962)
Reuben, Reuben (1964)
Let Me Count the Ways (1965)
The Vale of Laughter (1968)
The Cat's Pajamas (1969)
Mrs. Wallop (1971)
Into Your Tent I'll Creep (1971)
Forever Panting (1973)
The Glory of the Hummingbird (1974)
I Hear America Swinging (1976)
Madder Music (1977)
Comfort Me with Apples (1977)
Consenting Adults, Or, the Duchess Will Be Furious (1980)
Sauce for the Goose (1981)
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo (1983)
The Prick of Noon (1985)
Peckham's Marbles (1986)
The Handsome Heart (1943)
Angels Can't Do Better (1944)
No, But I Saw the Movie (1954)
The Tunnel of Love (1954)
The Mackeral Plaza (1958)
The Tents of Wickedness (1960)
Through the Fields of Clover (1961)
The Blood of the Lamb (1962)
Reuben, Reuben (1964)
Let Me Count the Ways (1965)
The Vale of Laughter (1968)
The Cat's Pajamas (1969)
Mrs. Wallop (1971)
Into Your Tent I'll Creep (1971)
Forever Panting (1973)
The Glory of the Hummingbird (1974)
I Hear America Swinging (1976)
Madder Music (1977)
Comfort Me with Apples (1977)
Consenting Adults, Or, the Duchess Will Be Furious (1980)
Sauce for the Goose (1981)
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo (1983)
The Prick of Noon (1985)
Peckham's Marbles (1986)
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