Peter Conradi

Not to be confused withPeter J. Conradi,British biographer & Buddhist. For other people with similar names, seePeter Conrad (disambiguation).

Peter Conradiis a British author and journalist who is the Europe Editor ofThe Sunday Timesof London.

Biography

Conradi is the author ofThe Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer(aboutAndrei Chikatilo);Mad Vlad: Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the New Russian Nationalism(aboutVladimir Zhirinovsky) andHitler's Piano Player(aboutErnst Hanfstaengla.k.a. Putzi).The IndependentcalledHitler's Piano Player"an exemplary piece of biographical writing".

He is co-author with Mark Logue of the best-selling bookThe King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy,which tells the story of the friendship between KingGeorge VIand his Australian speech therapist,Lionel Logue,that inspired the highly acclaimedfilm of the same name.He is also author ofRoyale Europe,a book about Europe's reigningroyal families,which was published initially in French in May 2011.

A graduate of theUniversity of Oxford(Brasenose College), Conradi also studied atLudwig Maximilian University of Munich.He was a foreign correspondent based inBrussels,Zurich, and Moscow, and became deputy foreign editor ofThe Sunday Timesof London in 1998. He was appointed editor ofHome,the newspaper's property supplement, in April 2006and subsequentlyFocuseditor. He was appointed as the newspaper's foreign editor, succeeding Sean Ryan, in July 2013. In September 2018 he was named European editor for the Sunday Times and Times.

His book about politics betweenRussiaand theUnited States,Who Lost Russia?,was described byOwen Matthewsin theLiterary Reviewas 'fast-paced, comprehensive, solidly researched and, most importantly, essential reading for anyone who wants to understand one of the great crises of our times.'

He has three children and lives in Paris.

External links

• Articles by Peter ConradiatJournalisted
• Peter ConradionTwitter