Peter Steven Fischer is an American television writer and television producer, whose work includes '' Murder, She Wrote'', which he co-created with

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. He was also the executive producer of the series for the first seven seasons. He wrote 8 of the 22 episodes the first season. Fischer wrote or co-wrote nearly three dozen episodes of the show during its run. Fischer also wrote for the television series ''

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''. He created, produced and wrote for the NBC series ''

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''. Fischer also wrote the 1991 television film '' Stranger at My Door'' and the 1996 television film '' Dead Man's Island''.

Filmography

Films

Television

Novels

The Hollywood Murder Mysteries

* ''Jezebel in Blue Satin'' (2010) * ''We Don't Need no Stinking Badges'' (2011) * ''Love Has Nothing to Do with It'' (2011) * ''Everybody Wants an Oscar'' (2012) * ''The Unkindness of Strangers'' (2012) * ''Nice Guys Finish Dead'' (2013) * ''Pray For Us Sinners'' (2013) * ''Has Anybody Here Seen Wyckham?'' (2013) * ''Eyewitness to Murder'' (2014) * ''A Deadly Shoot in Texas'' (2016) * ''Everybody Let's Rock'' (2016) * ''A Touch of Homicide'' (2016) * ''Some Like Em Dead'' (2016) * ''Dead Men Pay No Debts'' (2016) * ''Apple Annie and the Dude'' (2017) * ''Till Death Us Do Part'' (2017) * ''Cue the Crows'' (2017) * ''Murder Aboard the Highland Rose'' (2018) * ''Ashes to Ashes'' (2018) * ''The Case of the Shaggy Stalker'' (2018) * ''Warner's Last Stand'' (2018) * ''The Man in the Raincoat'' (2019)

Other novels

* ''The Blood of Tyrants'' (2009) * ''The Terror of Tyrants'' (2010) * ''Expendable: A Tale of Love and War'' (2015)

References

External links

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