Peter Christopher was an associate professor at Georgia Southern University. Christopher was a highly acclaimed author, and wrote numerous books.
Christopher also served as a writer-in-residence for the Writers Voice Workshop, and lectured at the University of Florida, Columbia University, and New York University. He joined the faculty of the Georgia Southern Writing and Linguistics Department in 1998, where he helped build the creative writing program. He also was a guest teacher for the dangerous writers in Portland, OR.
Christopher died on April 15, 2008, due to liver cancer.
Christopher received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature.