Peter Warren Finlay is the birth name of writer DBC Pierre. Before adopting his literary pseudonym, he lived a wide-ranging and unconventional life across Australia, Mexico, and Europe, working in various roles and experiencing a broad mix of cultures and environments. These experiences later informed the worldview and thematic concerns of his fiction.

While he is primarily known through his pen name, Finlay represents the private individual behind the public literary persona. The contrast between his earlier life and his later identity as a Booker Prize-winning author is often noted in discussions of his career.

Today, Peter Warren Finlay is most frequently referenced in biographical contexts, while his creative work continues under the name DBC Pierre.