Piu Eatwell

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'''Piu Marie Eatwell''' (born November 6, 1970) is a British-Indian author based in Paris, France. She is most popularly known for her [[True crime|true-crime]] novel, ''[[Black Dahlia|"Black Dahlia]], Red Rose".''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> It was named Book of the Year by The Times Newspaper and was regarded as one of the best true-crime stories in The New York Times.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She is also the author of ''They Eat Horses, Don't They? The Truth About The French,'' which won the 2014 Next Generation Indie Award for multicultural nonfiction.<ref></ref> She has also produced and researched several historical documentaries for BBC, ITV, and Channel 4.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":1"></ref>

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== Education and Personal Life ==
Piu Eatwell was born in Calcutta, India and later studied at the University of Oxford from where she holds a first class degree in English Literature & Language from.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> Authors Macmillan|website=US Macmillan|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

She is currently married to Nikolai Eatwell and has three children. Piu is also the daughter-in-law of [[John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell|Lord Eatwell]].<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Before writing and moving to Paris, Piu worked as a lawyer for an international law firm in Britain. She wrote and published her first book in 2013, ''They Eat Horses, Don't They? The Truth About The French'', after being inspired by France's literary past.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The book was a success, being recognized and reviewed by The Guardian, The New York Times, DailyMail, and Spectator.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She then wrote two more books, ''The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse'', and ''F is for France: A Curious Cabinet of French Wonders'' in 2014 and 2016 respectively, before her publishing her now internationally renowned nonfiction novel on which she worked closely with [[Donald Freed]], ''Black Dahlia, Red Rose'' in 2017, covering the case of the Black Dahlia. Piu told The Sun that she worked on Black Dahlia, Red Rose for over three years and also traveled to the USA and reached out to authorities to solve the case.<ref></ref>

In an interview with Real Crime, Piu revealed that she gained interest in crime in Hollywood after she "researched a documentary film for Channel 4 television about Charles Manson and the murders committed by the Manson family" and is "quite intrigued at the prospect of re-visiting the Manson family murders for a future book".<ref> Future Publishing My Favourite Magazines|website=https://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/|language=en|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

When asked about her influences in an interview, Piu responded by saying that she admires the work of Raymond Chandler, John Steinbeck, and Truman Capote.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

== Publications ==

* They Eat Horses, Don't They? The Truth About The French (2013) - ISBN-10: 1250053056
* The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse (2014) - ISBN-10: 1781856087
* F is for France: A Curious Cabinet of French Wonders (2016) - ISBN-10: 1250087732
* Black Dahlia, Red Rose (2017) - ISBN-10: 1631492268

== References ==

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