Peter Hoey (1960) was born in Syracuse New York. After attending art school he worked as a designer at the Denver Post, Hartford Courant, and the Washington Post, before establishing a successful illustration studio in 1993. Along with his sister, he started publishing comics under the name COIN-OP in 2007. The COIN-OP COMICS ANTHOLOGY 1997-2017, published by Top Shelf Productions, is the first hardcover collection of their work.