Writer and academic Peter Wesley-Smith has been Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Hong Kong, a member of the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission, and Editor-in-Chief of the Hong Kong Law Journal. He is the author of four books and numerous articles on Hong Kong's constitution and legal system.
Wesley-Smith has also written an English adaptation of Danish poet Halfdan Rasmussen's collection of nonsense rhymes Hocus Pocus Nonsense Rhymes (1973), as well as song lyrics and libretti - most notably for Black Ribbon, Boojum!, Quito, True, and the children's song-story Pip! - with music by his twin brother Martin Wesley-Smith.
Wesley-Smith has lived in rural New South Wales.