birth_place article_title birth_date
union city , new jersey pete najarian -lrb- writer -rrb-
 1940
pete najarian -lrb- writer -rrb-

peter `` pete '' najarian -lrb- born 1940 in union city , new jersey -rrb- is an american author of three novels , a collection of short works , and two non-fiction novels .
he is also a painter and sculptor , and a cousin of painter art pinajian .
