Mario Gilbert Priester-Reading (10 August 1953 – 29 January 2017) was a British
author.
Reading was born in
Bournemouth
Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...
in 1953, son of Gordon and Lieselotte Reading. He was brought up in England, Germany, and the South of France, and educated at
Rugby School and at the
University of East Anglia, where he studied Comparative Literature under
Malcolm Bradbury and
Angus Wilson.
His novels include ''The Music-Makers'', and the bestselling Antichrist Trilogy (which has sold more than a million copies in 39 countries), comprising ''The Nostradamus Prophecies'', ''The Mayan Codex'', and ''The Third Antichrist''. His newest series of novels features photojournalist John "The Templar" Hart: ''The Templar Prophecy'' came out in 2014, ''The Templar Inheritance'' in April 2015, and ''The Templar Succession'', appeared in April 2016.
After years of battling cancer, Reading died on 29 January 2017.
Novels
*''The Music-Makers''
*''The Nostradamus Prophecies''
*''The Mayan Codex''
*''The Third Antichrist''
*''The Templar Prophecy''
*''The Templar Inheritance''
*''The Templar Succession''
*''The Occupation Secret''
Non-Fiction
*''The Dictionary Of Cinema''
*''The Movie Companion''
*''The Watkins Dictionary Of Dreams''
*''Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies For The Future''
*''Nostradamus: The Good News''
*''The Complete Prophecies Of Nostradamus''
*''Nostradamus: The Top 100 Prophecies''
References
External links
Official Website
1953 births
2017 deaths
People educated at Rugby School
Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Writers from Bournemouth
Mensans
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