Riaz Dean
Author of two non-fiction books: "Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in 19th-Century Asia" and "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"). Currently working on a biography of Michael Ward who, amongst his other accomplishments, was the expedition doctor during the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.
Genre:
- Adult Non-Fiction
- Biography
- History
Skills:
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