During World War II Schwed served in the Army where he saw combat in Europe and earned a Bronze Star for his service.
Schwed worked there for ten years and rose to be a vice-president at the firm which made loans on jewelry and valuables.
Peter Schwed edited many notable authors including Cornelius Ryan, David McCullough, Harold Robbins, Irving Wallace, and P.G.
[1][2] Schwed made annual trips to London for Simon & Schuster to meet with British authors and agents.
[1] His list spanned both fiction and non-fiction but Schwed was known to edit and ghost-write books by sports-figures including Bill Tilden, Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert, Jack Nicklaus, Rod Laver, Rodger Angell and Ted Williams.
[5] Fellow editor Michael Korda, in his memoir Another Life, described Schwed as "deeply tanned, assertive, short, stocky, a fiercely competitive athlete whose passion was tennis.