Piers Platt

Piers Platt is the New York Times bestselling author of "Combat and Other Shenanigans," a memoir of his year-long deployment to Iraq as a tank and scout platoon leader. Piers grew up in Boston, but spent most of his childhood in various boarding schools, including getting trained as a classical singer at a choir school for boys. He joined the Army in 2002, and spent four years on active duty, including a tour in Schweinfurt, Germany, where he learned to love schnitzel, spargel, and steins full of beer.

When he's not writing or spending time with his lovely wife and daughter, Piers works as a strategy consultant in New York city.

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