Pablo Peters was born in New Orleans to an American father and a Mexican mother. Growing up on the southeast side of San Antonio, he was known as Pablo at home and among the neighborhood kids. Outside of home, he was Paul.
In his first book, Angel of God, the End of Time, this dichotomy in his life is clearly shared with Lily, the main character in Angel of God, the End of Time, who seeks to answer the basic question—Who am I?
In his second book, Lost Recollections, the dichotomy can be seen in his eulogies to his mother and father and in other passages.