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Pier Nirandara
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Author. Travel writer, Film Producer and Underwater Photographer, Freelance
Bangkok, Cape Town, Los Angeles
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Biography
Pier Nirandara is an award-winning author, travel writer, film producer, and underwater photographer. She began her career as Thailand’s youngest English-writing author of three #1 national bestselling novels, multiple graphic novels, and short stories with over 200,000 copies sold in multiple languages. Since then, she has represented literary clients at ICM Partners, served as Director of Development for International Content at Sony Columbia Pictures, and VP of Film & TV at A-Major Media, Hollywood’s first Asian-American driven production company. A TEDx speaker and literary ambassador for the Bangkok Metropolitan/UNESCO, Pier was shortlisted for the S.E.A. Write’s ASEAN Young Writers Award, the Grand Solas Award for Best Travel Writing of the Year, and has won two Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers and Gold at the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference 2023. Pier is also a PADI AmbassaDiver™ and the founder of Immersiv Expeditions, leading trips to swim with marine wildlife. Her photography has been recognized by prestigious international competitions including Ocean Photographer of the Year. An advocate for solo female travel, she has visited over 90 countries across 7 continents. She is currently working on a new novel and can be found in Los Angeles, Cape Town and @piersgreatperhaps. Pier is represented by Mina Hamedi at Janklow & Nesbit.
Arctic , Antarctic, Adventure, Diversity , Representation , Food , Cuisine, Iraq , EU , Austria , Foreign Affairs , South Africa , Cuba , NSA , Iran, Luxury, Marine Conservation, Scuba Diving , Ocean Sports , Culture, Thailand, Solo Female Travel , Sustainability
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Freelance
De Pere, Wisconsin, United States