P.F. Kluge is a novelist living in Gambier, Ohio. Kluge graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier in 1964 and teaches English there now.

He is the author of several acclaimed novels, including Eddie and the Cruisers, The Edge of Paradise: America in Micronesia, Biggest Elvis (1997), Seasons for War, MacArthur's Ghost, and The Day I Die: A Novel of Suspense.

Kluge's popular non-fiction work, Alma Mater: A College Homecoming chronicles Kluge's time as a student and teacher at Kenyon College. This work vividly describes the struggles a liberal arts colleges goes through changing times.