Author. Travel writer. Film producer. Underwater photographer.
Storyteller at heart.

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, graphic novels, and short stories with over 200,000 copies sold. She has represented literary clients at ICM Partners, served as Director of Development at Sony Pictures, and as VP of Film & TV at A-Major Media, Hollywood’s first Asian American-driven production company.

Pier’s writing and photography have appeared in outlets such as the BBC, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, AFAR, Lonely Planet, Off Assignment, Catapult and more—often exploring the intersection of travel, adventure, culture, and conservation. Her assignments have taken her freediving with sharks and whales in the South Pacific to South Africa, tracking pink dolphins in the Amazon, climbing in Bhutan and camping in Antarctica. Most recently, she joined Dr. Sylvia Earle at The Explorer’s Club as a speaker and member of the Rolex media crew for World Ocean’s Week, photographed aquanaut Fabien Cousteau in Curaçao for his groundbreaking underwater research station, and documented the ancient practice of shark calling in remote Papua New Guinea.

Pier is also a PADI AmbassaDiver™ and founder of Immersiv Expeditions, where she leads trips to swim with marine wildlife. Her work has been recognized by the Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers, the Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing, Ocean Photographer of the Year, UN World Oceans Day, Photographers Without Borders, Ocean Conservancy, and the Save Our Seas Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant.

An advocate for solo female travel, she has had the privilege of traveling to over 100 countries across 7 continents, and can be found in Los Angeles, Cape Town, and @piersgreatperhaps.

From swimming with sharks in Hollywood to swimming with actual sharks. After traveling to over 100 countries across 7 continents, Pier discusses the philosophy of embracing a giant stride into the unknown.