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Mario Gilbert Priester-Reading (10 August 1953 - 29 January 2017) was a British author. [1]

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Reading was born in Bournemouth 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. [2]

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.

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References

  1. "Mario Reading, translator of Nostradamus – obituary". telegraph.co.uk. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. "Mario Reading". Mario Reading official website. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.