Peter Verinder is a consulting structural engineer and specialist building consultant who lives in Sydney with his wife and their two adult children. He attained his various formal qualifications through part-time study while also working his way through the various echelons of the construction industry, before setting up in business.

Peter has since seen business from many perspectives, having developed, managed, and nurtured businesses for himself and others. This unique background has equipped him with a broad range of experience from which he is able to create realistic stories. Ambition is his first novel.