Education
Gillman attended Hawes Down school, Dulwich College (1953-1961), and University College Oxford (1961-1964).
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Peter Gillman
Edit Profileassistant journalist trainer writer
Career
His book, Direttissima. The Eiger Assault (1967), also published under the title, Eiger Direct, co-authored with Dougal Haston, told the story of the ascent of the Eiger North Face in which John Harlin II lost his life. He was editor of Isis magazine at Oxford.
Additional activities Along with writing, he works as journalism and writing trainer and consultant at a range of magazine publishers in the United Kingdom and overseas.
He had trained numerous journalists on the award-winning magazine Building. Additionally, he chaired the judging panel for consumer writer of the year at the Periodical Publishers Association awards.
Additionally, he works as researcher and assistant producer in television projects and cinema.
Achievements
-
Gillman has won the following OWG for Excellence: 1992 Portfolio of News Stories 1994 Outdoor Book - Everest anthology 1995 (with Leni Gillman) Technical Reporting 1996 (with Leni Gillman) Feature 1998 Feature 2006 Feature In 2000, he and wife Leni won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Writing with their book The Wildest Dream, the biography of Everest mountaineer George Mallory.
Membership
He is a keen amateur choral singer, being a member of both the Croydon Male Voice Choir and the Croydon Philharmonic Choir.
Awards
-
National Outdoor Book Award Gillman has won the following OWG for Excellence: 1992 Portfolio of News Stories 1994 Outdoor Book - Everest anthology 1995 (with Leni Gillman) Technical Reporting 1996 (with Leni Gillman) Feature 1998 Feature 2006 Feature In 2000, he and wife Leni won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Writing with their book The Wildest Dream, the biography of Everest mountaineer George Mallory.National Outdoor Book Award Gillman has won the following OWG for Excellence: 1992 Portfolio of News Stories 1994 Outdoor Book - Everest anthology 1995 (with Leni Gillman) Technical Reporting 1996 (with Leni Gillman) Feature 1998 Feature 2006 Feature In 2000, he and wife Leni won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Writing with their book The Wildest Dream, the biography of Everest mountaineer George Mallory.