Dan Peres grew up in Baltimore, later attending New York University (NYU) where he graduated with degrees in Journalism and American History.
While in college, he was an editor at the student newspaper Washington Square News, worked as a copy boy at The New York Times, and later as a research assistant at Esquire.
In 2007, Peres authored Details Men's Style Manual: The Ultimate Guide for Making Your Clothes Work for You, published by Gotham Books.
For the magazine's September 2011 publication, Peres commissioned Ashton Kutcher to guest-edit Details’ first ever Social Issue, which lives on multiple online platforms.
[5] In February 2020, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, published Peres' memoir, As Needed for Pain, in which he detailed his addiction to vicodin and other opioids until he cleaned up in 2007.