Peter Vankevich, worked in the U.S. Copyright Office at the Library of Congress including being head of the Copyright Information Section for 16 years, and has been a freelance writer for the Hill Rag, Washington, D.C. He has a radio show called Theme Tunes on the Ocracoke community radio station WOVV 90.1 FM and online, and he serves as a volunteer firefighter. Peter is co-owner with Connie Leinbach of the Ocracoke Observer, the island's newspaper.