Riaz Dean

Author of three non-fiction books: (i) "Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in 19th-Century Asia" ; (ii) "The Stone Tower: Ptolemy, the Silk Road, and a 2,000-Year-Old Riddle" (re-published as "Mapping the Silk Road: the Riddle of Ptolemy's Stone Tower") ; (iii) Everest Surgeon: Michael Ward and the Exploration of High Asia.

Currently working on a historical fiction book about the Silk Road.


Genre:

    Skills:

    • Adult Non-Fiction
    • Biography
    • History

    Branch:

    Wellington

    Location:

    Lower Hutt

    Publications:


    Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in 19th-Century Asia

    Penguin Random House (India), 2019

    Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in 19th-Century Asia

    Casemate (UK), 2019

    The Stone Tower: Ptolemy, the Silk Road, and a 2,000-Year-Old Riddle

    Penguin Random House (India), 2022

    Mapping the Silk Road: the Riddle of Ptolemy's Stone Tower

    Casemate (UK/US), 2025

    Everest Surgeon: Michael Ward and the Exploration of High Asia

    Pen & Sword History (UK), 2026