Peter Conradi
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Peter Conradi is an author and journalist who should not be confused with Peter J. Conradi, another author with a similar name.
He is the author of: The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer (about Andrei Chikatilo); Mad Vlad: Vladimir Zhirinovksy and the New Russian Nationalism; and Hitler's Piano Player (about Ernst Hanfstängl a.k.a. Putzi). The Independent [1] called Hitler's Piano Player "an exemplary piece of biographical writing."
A graduate of Oxford University (Brasenose), Conradi also studied at Munich's Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. He was the Deputy Foreign Editor of The Sunday Times of London for some years, before being appointed editor of the newspapers Home section.[2]
He lives in London with his wife, Roberta, and three children.