Author: Piers Paul Read
Born: 7 Mar 1941
Bio: Piers Paul Read (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.

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