A native of Pennsylvania, Pete Laurie graduated from Lehigh University in 1968 with a BA in natural science. An air force veteran, he worked for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources for twenty-seven years as a writer and photographer, retiring in 1999. Laurie has worked in and written about the ACE Basin Project since its inception in 1988. He has served a co-editor of the ACE Basin newsletter, assisted in special publications and written numerous magazine stories.