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Nicholas Shakespeare is a British novelist and biographer, known for his works on Bruce Chatwin, Evelyn Waugh and Ian Fleming. He is also a journalist, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a charity worker.
Nicholas Shakespeare is the author of seven novels, including The Vision of Elena Silves (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and Betty Trask Award); The High Flyer, for which he was selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists, 1993; and The Dancer Upstairs, which was chosen as the Best Novel of 1997 by the American Libraries ...
Learn about the life and works of Nicholas Shakespeare, a novelist and biographer who has written about exotic and political themes. Find out how he researched and fictionalized the Peruvian guerrilla leader Gonzalo Guzmàn in his novels The Vision of Elena Silves and The Dancer Upstairs.
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Browse the list of books by Nicholas Shakespeare, a British author and biographer. Find ratings, reviews, editions and genres of his works, including The Dancer Upstairs, Inheritance and Ian Fleming: The Complete Man.
Nicholas Shakespeare is a British novelist and biographer, born in 1957 and educated at Cambridge. He has written books on topics such as Bruce Chatwin, Ian Fleming, and the Sandpit, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Dec 11, 2023 · Nicholas Shakespeare, the author of the first authorised biography of Ian Fleming since 1966, shares his research process, insights and challenges in this interview. Learn about Fleming's life, war, Bond, family and legacy from the perspective of a novelist and biographer.
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Apr 9, 2024 · Nicholas Shakespeare is a British novelist and biographer who has written books such as The Vision of Elena Silves and The Dancer Upstairs. He also wrote the authorized biography of Bruce Chatwin, which was adapted into a film by John Malkovich.