Peter was born and raised in the UK, with a couple of years in California slipped in. He studied philosophy at Warwick University and then headed to Japan with the JET Programme. After two years in Rikuzen-Takata, he returned to England where he met his Japanese wife. Married a year later, back to Japan and now in Yokohama with their two sons.

Peter suffered from insomnia as a child and would lie awake creating stories and worlds. As a teenager he wore out countless batteries in his walkman, continuing his sleepless imaginings.