Peter Steiner is an American cartoon

Cartoon

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ist and novelist, best known for a 1993 cartoon published by The New Yorker

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...

which prompted the adage "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage which began as the caption of a cartoon by Peter Steiner published by The New Yorker on July 5, 1993. The cartoon features two dogs: one sitting on a chair in front of a computer, speaking the caption to a second dog sitting on the floor...

." He is also a novelist who has published three crime novels.

Cartoons

Steiner has contributed cartoons and other material to The New Yorker since 1980. , the panel was the most reproduced cartoon from The New Yorker, and Steiner has earned over $50,000 from its reprinting.

Novels

Steiner has written three crime novels, all featuring a former CIA agent named Louis Morgon who has retired to the Loire Valley

Loire Valley

The Loire Valley , spanning , is located in the middle stretch of the Loire River in central France. Its area comprises approximately . It is referred to as the Cradle of the French Language, and the Garden of France due to the abundance of vineyards, fruit orchards, and artichoke, asparagus, and...

 in France. Of his 2010 novel The Terrorist, The New York Times

The New York Times

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reviewer Marilyn Stasio wrote that "While it can't be said that any of [the plot] is the least bit plausible, Steiner presents us with a reassuring fantasy world in which rash youths bow to the wisdom of their elders, terrorists abort their missions out of compassion for their human targets and the innocent victims of egregious acts of cruelty find it in their hearts to forgive."

External links

• Interview with Steiner about his novels