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name: Brian Deer
about: Brian Deer is a multi-award-winning investigative reporter, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine, and social issues for The Sunday Times. He's the author of the nonfiction investigation, The Doctor Who Fooled the World, and the medical thriller, Blind Trial.Among Deer's professional recognitions, he's been awarded an honorary doctorate and nominated three times for British Press Awards, winning the title of specialist journalist of the year twice, and shortlisted for the title of UK reporter of the year. Judges said of his first prize, for investigations published longform in The Sunday Times Magazine, that he was probably "the only journalist in Britain that polices the drugs companies." For his second, given for inves Brian Deer is a multi-award-winning investigative reporter, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine, and social issues for The Sunday Times. He's the author of the nonfiction investigation, The Doctor Who Fooled the World, and the medical thriller, Blind Trial.Among Deer's professional recognitions, he's been awarded an honorary doctorate and nominated three times for British Press Awards, winning the title of specialist journalist of the year twice, and shortlisted for the title of UK reporter of the year. Judges said of his first prize, for investigations published longform in The Sunday Times Magazine, that he was probably "the only journalist in Britain that polices the drugs companies." For his second, given for investigations included in The Doctor Who Fooled the World, they said his reporting was "a tremendous righting of a wrong." In 2021, The Doctor Who Fooled the World, won the Eric Hoffer Award, and an Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY). ...more