Peter Cox is the author of two previous books, Good Luck to All the Lads: The Wartime Story of Brian Cox 1939-43 and Desert War: The Battle of Sidi Rezegh. In 2019 he was awarded a Queen's Service Medal for services to sport, particularly hockey. He and his wife Robin live in Christchurch, where Peter previously worked as a chartered accountant and company director and now acts as an adviser to some family businesses and as a trustee for several sports organisations, while continuing to have an interest in military history.