Peder Hill was born in Arkansas in 1968, from there skipping around countries through both youth and adulthood. He’s lived in Germany, Korea, America, Taiwan and Brazil, and has grazed through dozens of others in Asia, Central America, Europe and the South Pacific. He currently lives in Austria with his wife and two children. But his heart is trapped in Santa Cruz (the one in California).

He graduated with honors from the University of California in Santa Cruz in 1995, earning degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies. In 1998 he received an MA in Conservation Biology from San Francisco State University.

He’s worked as a display artist, bar manager (in Taiwan), evolutionary geneticist, samba musician, blues musician (washboard), university lecturer, technical writer, art dealer and international business consultant. He currently teaches Biology, English and Independent Filmmaking at a high school in Vienna.