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Piers Paul Read FRSL (born 7 March 1941) is a British novelist, historian and biographer. He was first noted in 1974 for a book of reportage, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, later adapted as a feature film and a documentary. Read was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history.
Piers Paul Read is the author of works of fiction, reportage, history, biography and journalism. He is best known for Alive. The Story of the Andes Survivors published in 1974 but has won a number of literary awards for his novels.
Apr 12, 2024 · Read was chosen by the Uruguayan survivors of a 1972 air crash in the Andes to write an account of their ordeal. The book went on to become a publishing sensation. The New York Times described it...
Piers Paul Read has 60 books on Goodreads with 139699 ratings. Piers Paul Read’s most popular book is Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors.
Piers Paul Read. Drama. Fiction. Libretto. Non-Fiction. Poetry. Born: Beaconsfield, England. Publishers: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Agents: Aitken Alexander Associates Ltd. Biography. Novelist and playwright Piers Paul Read was born in Beaconsfield on 7 March 1941.
British novelist and non-fiction writer. Educated at the Benedictines' Ampleforth College, and subsequently entered St John's College, University of Cambridge where he received his BA and MA (history).
About the Author. Piers Paul Read was born on 7 March, 1941, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, the third son of the poet and art critic, Sir Herbert Read, and Margaret Ludwig, a musician of German, Scottish, Irish and Italian extraction.
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