Peter Gillman

Peter Gillman (born 1942) is a British writer and journalist specializing (but not exclusively) in mountaineering topics. His book, Direttissima; the Eiger Assault (1967), also published under the title Direttissima, co-authored with Dougal Haston, told the story of the ascent of the Eiger North Face in which John Harlin II lost his life.

Early life and education

Gillman attended Hawes Down school, Dulwich College (1953–61), and University College Oxford (1961–64). He was editor of Isis magazine at Oxford.

Career

He became a journalist on leaving Oxford and was soon writing for the Sunday Times, first as a freelancer, and then as a staff member, where he spent five years on the newspaper's Insight team. He became a freelance journalist in 1983 and has written for most British newspapers. He specializes in mountain writing with his wife and writing partner Leni Gillman. Their 2000 book, The Wildest Dream, is a biography of the Everest climber George Mallory. The Gillmans' 2015 book, Extreme Eiger, is an account of an ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1965.

Works

Books

• Gillman, Peter (1978). Fitness on Foot: Climbing and Walking for Pleasure. Tadworth : World's Work : The Sunday Times. Search this book on
• Elaine Davenport, Paul Eddy; Peter Gillman (1978). The Plumbat Affair. Futura Publications. ISBN 0233970169. Search this book on
• Gillman, Peter; Gillman, Leni (1987). Alias David Bowie: A Biography. New York: H. Holt. Search this book on
• Gillman, Peter; Gillman, Leni (1980). Collar the lot!: How Britain Interned and Expelled Its Wartime Refugees. London ; New York: Quartet Books. Search this book on
• Gillman, Peter; Gillman, Leni (2001). Everest: Eighty Years of Triumph and Tragedy. Boston ; London: Little, Brown. Search this book on
• Gillman, Peter; Gillman, Leni (2000). The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory. Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers. Search this book on
• Gillman, Peter; Gillman, Leni (2015). Extreme Eiger. London: Simon and Schuster. Search this book on
• Gillman, Peter; Hamann, Paul (1987). The Duty Men: The Inside Story of the Customs. London: BBC Books. Search this book on
• Gillman, Peter (1989). In balance : Twenty years of mountaineering journalism. London: Hodder and Stoughton. Search this book on
• Gillman, Peter; Salkeld, Audrey (1993). Everest: The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour. Boston: Little, Brown. Search this book on

Source for books: Author list in WorldCat

Selected articles

• Gillman, Peter (February 17, 2013). "The truth about Truman Capote" (PDF). The Sunday Times Magazine.
• Gillman, Peter; Gillman, Leni (June 21, 1992). "HOAX: Secrets that Truman Capote took to the grave". The Sunday Times Magazine.

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