Piers Paul Read

Piers Paul Read FRSL (born 7 March 1941) is a British novelist, historian and biographer. His 1974 book documenting the events of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 that crashed in the Andes mountains in 1972 titled "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors", was later adapted as a feature film and a documentary. http://www.pierspaulread.co.uk/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Paul_Read