Peh is a Singapore Literature Prize-winning author and journalist. He is the author of 13 books, including eight bestsellers: When the Party Ends, Neither Civil Nor Servant, Tall Order and Standing Tall: The Goh Chok Tong Years, The Last Fools, The Price of Being Fair, and Strictly Business: The Kwek Leng Beng Story. He is a regular commentator on Singapore and China affairs, and was The Straits Times’ news editor and China bureau chief. He is a graduate of the National University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York.