Cashman "Cash" Peters (born 6 June 1956) is a British author and broadcaster who writes on travel and spiritual matters, and has published two mystery novels. He is also a handwriting analyst.

Early life and career

Peters was born in Stockport, England. By 15, he had written material for radio and TV shows including ''

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'' and '' The News Huddlines''. After graduating from the

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with a law degree he was employed at the

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, and in his spare time worked as a reporter on

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's ''The Way It Is'' news magazine. He turned to full-time journalism, winning several awards for travel reporting and presented ''Wildfire'', a series of travel specials on BBC Radio. In 1987 his series ''Around the World in Ninety Seconds'' won the Best Light Entertainment Writer Award at the New York Radio Festival. In 1994 he co-presented the ITV game show, '' Talking Telephone Numbers''. 1990 saw the publication of his first book, ''The World Domination Handbook'' (New English Library), a light hearted parody. He also writes on handwriting analysis,Spirituality And Health Magazine July- August 2011 including three books: ''The Telltale Alphabet'', with Loveday Miller (Corgi 1995), ''Instant Insight'' (Grand Central Publishing 1998), and ''Love Letters: Let His Handwriting Be Your Guide'' (Citadel 2003). In 1997 he moved to

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, where he lives with his partner. Peters appeared for two seasons in the

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TV show ''

Stranded with Cash Peters ''Stranded with Cash Peters'' is a reality show/ documentary on the Travel Channel created by British travel writer Cash Peters, in which he was dumped in an unfamiliar place with no money, food, or room for the night. He had to rely on the local ...

,'' and wrote the book ''Naked in Dangerous Places'' about his experiences. In 2003 he wrote ''Gullible's Travels: The Adventures of a Bad Taste Tourist''. following his radio series ''The Bad Taste Tours'', which won the Benjamin Franklin Literary Award for Humor. Until January 2012 he contributed a short show business segment on

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's ''Up All Night'' with

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, and appeared as a commentator on

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's ''

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''. In 2011 a third travel book, ''A Little Book About Believing, The Transformative Healing Power of Faith, Love And Surrender'' (Penner) was published. This details Peters's experiences at The House of John of God in

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. In 2012 he wrote his first mystery novels, ''Force of Habit: Sister Madeleine Investigates'' ( Penner) and ''Horror at Horsfield Lodge: A Chillingley Village Mystery'' (Penner). His next book, ''Why Your Life Matters'' (2014 Penner) is a spiritual work, which is written in the form of a novel. A fourth travel book, ''The Best Vacation Ever! The Highs And Woes of River Cruising in Provence'' (2014 Penner) followed. This is an account of the author's trip down the river

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with a group of friends, taking in the tours along the way. Cash Peters is a regular contributor to '' Spirituality and Health'' magazine.

Handwriting analysis

Peters is a handwriting analyst. His method differs from that of graphology in that he channels the energy from the writing. He has demonstrated this on the TV shows, Entertainment Tonight, The View and The Montel Williams Show. He has also acted as consultant to the Smithsonian Institution.

Operation Parallax

In 1979, Peters staged an elaborate

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on Capital Radio's ''Sunday Soapbox'', posing as a concerned listener who claimed the government planned to cancel the following two Thursdays to correct errors that had occurred due to switching the clocks back and forth every year to account for

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. Forty-eight hours had accumulated altogether, and under "Operation Parallax" the following two Thursdays would be cancelled and the calendar would jump from Wednesday to Friday.

Television shows

* ''

'' * '' Talking Telephone Numbers'' ITV 1994

Radio shows

* ''The Savvy Traveler'' *

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's '' Maketplace'' * BBC Radio 5 Live '' Up All Night'' Segment 1997–2012

Movies

* '' Fog City Mavericks'': voice of Charlie Chaplin.

Awards

* Benjamin Franklin Literary Award for Humor for Gullible's Travels(2004) * New York Radio Festival for Best Light Entertainment Writer Award (1987) * Peabody Award For Journalism Jointly With Marketplace Team 2002

Bibliography

Books

* * Peters, Cash (1995-07-06) ''The Telltale Alphabet''. Corgi * Peters, Cash (1998-01-06) ''Instant Insight: Secrets of Life, Love And Destiny Revealed in Your Handwriting''. Grand Central Publishing. . * Peters, Cash (2003-01-01) ''Love Letters: Let His Handwriting Be Your Guide''. Citadel. * Peters, Cash (2003-06-01) ''Gullible's Travels: The Adventures of a Bad Taste Tourist''. Globe Pequot Press . . Audio CD (2007-01-02) Blackstone Audio Inc. Also available as a download. * Peters, Cash (2009-04-21) ''Naked in Dangerous Places''. Potter Style, , Kindle Edition (2009-04-21) Crown ASIN B0026UNZDG * Peters, Cash (2010-07-06) ''Stranded in Dangerous Places''. John Blake Publishing Ltd. . * Peters, Cash (2011) ''A Little Book About Believing: The Transformative Healing Power of Faith, Love and Surrender''. Penners. , Kindle edition ASIN B0053T3AI2 * Peters, Cash (2012) ''Force of Habit: Sister Madeleine Investigates''. Penner Inc. Kindle Edition ASIN B006N01TH4 * Peters, Cash (2013) ''Horror at Horsfield Lodge: A Chillingley Village Mystery''. Kindle edition ASIN B00DII1X34. * Peters, Cash (2014-02-25) ''Why Your Life Matters''. Penner Press Kindle Edition ASIN B00INFNX0S. Paperback edition Penner Inc (2014) . * Peters, Cash (2014-3-14) ''Best Vacation Ever! The Highs and Woes of River Cruising in Provence''. Penner Press Kindle Edition ASIN. B00J0PCWU2

Articles

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Cash 1956 births American public radio personalities British travel writers English expatriates in the United States British LGBT broadcasters English LGBT people Living people People from Stockport 21st-century LGBT people