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Piers Paul Read

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born

in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, The United Kingdom

March 07, 1941

gender

male

website

http://www.pierspaulread.co.uk/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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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.

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Piers Paul Read's Books

Average rating: 3.98 · 20,743 ratings · 720 reviews · 27 distinct works · Similar authors

	Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 19,532 ratings — published 1974 — 34 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades 3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of a Pope 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice in Exile 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ablaze: The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dreyfus Affair: The Scandal That Tore France in Two 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Misogynist 3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Married Man 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On The Third Day 3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.”
― Piers Paul Read

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