Maass was born in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. He has worked for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New York Times Magazine.
The magazine stories I wrote were from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and other countries. From 2014 to 2024, I was a senior editor and writer at the Intercept.
Peter Maass is a senior editor who has written about war, media, and national security for New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, and the Washington Post.
Peter Maass is the author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War," which chronicled his experiences covering the war in Bosnia, and "Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil," about the ways oil shapes the world.
Peter Maass is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and has reported from the Middle East, Asia, South America and Africa. He has written as well for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post and Slate.