Peter Tuffrey was born in Doncaster in 1953. He studied Fine Art at Doncaster College of Art and then at Leeds University until 1974. He held the position of Keeper of Fine and Decorative Arts at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery 1975-1995, was a freelance writer 1995-2000, and PR Media Consultant for Doncaster Rovers 2000-2002. He was Area Manager for the Music Ground Group of Companies 2003-2010. He is now working as a freelance writer. He has produced over 80 publications including Working and Preserved Industrial Locomotives, British Steam -King's Cross to Aberdeen, Sheffield Pubs Landlords and Landladies, Doncaster's Plant Works, Rotherham from the Scrivens Collection, Bakewell & the White Peak, and the Last Days of Steam in Nottinghamshire. He has also written many articles for local and regional newspapers and has recently penned a novel Angel from the Gutter.