Piers Paul Read





Piers Paul Read

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March 07, 1941 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, The United Kingdom

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British novelist and non-fiction writer. Received a BA and an MA (history) from Ampleforth College and St John's College, Cambridge. Artist-in-Residence at the Ford Foundation in Berlin (1963-4), Harkness Fellow, Commonwealth Fund, New York (1967-8), member of the Council of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (1971-5), member of the Literature Panel at the Arts Council, (1975-7), and Adjunct Professor of Writing, Columbia University, New York (1980). From 1992-7 he was Chairman of the Catholic Writers' Guild.

His most well-known work is the non-fiction Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (1974), an account of the aftermath of a plane crash in the Andes, later adapted as a film.



Average rating: 3.94 · 10,365 ratings · 582 reviews · 34 distinct works
Alive: The Story of the And...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 9,417 ratings — published 1974 — 21 editions
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Templars: The Dramatic Hist...
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions
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The Death of a Pope
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Alice in Exile: A Novel
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 63 ratings5 editions
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Ablaze: The Story of the He...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings3 editions
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The Misogynist
3.05 of 5 stars 3.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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A Married Man
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions
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Alec Guinness: The Authoris...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings4 editions
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings3 editions
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Hell and Other Destinations...
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006
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