Peter Armstrong lives in Tynedale and is director of training at the Newcastle Cognitive Be10havioural Therapy Centre. He was awarded an Eric Gregory prize in 1984. His publications include Risings (1988); The Red Funnelled Boat (1998); The Capital of Nowhere (2003), and a pamphlet, Madame Noire (2012).

Peter Armstrong's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises one contribution of poetry.