Nick Harkaway
Nick Harkaway | |
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| Born | Nicholas Cornwell 26 November 1972 |
| Occupation | Novelist, commentator |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
| Genre | Fantasy, Spy fiction, Thriller (as Aidan Truhen) |
| Notable works | The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, The Blind Giant, Gnomon, Karla's Choice |
| Spouse | Clare Algar |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | John le Carré (father) Jane Cornwell (mother) |
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| Official website | |
Nicholas Cornwell (born 26 November 1972), better known by his pen name Nick Harkaway, is a British novelist and commentator. As Harkaway, he is the author of the novels The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker (which was nominated for the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award), Tigerman, Gnomon, Titanium Noir, and Karla's Choice; and a non-fiction study of the digital world, The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World. Cornwell has also written two novels under the pseudonym Aidan Truhen.[1]
Biography
[edit]Harkaway was born Nicholas Cornwell in Cornwall, the only son of the author John le Carré (real name David Cornwell) and his second wife Jane Eustace.[2]
Harkaway was educated at the independent University College School in North London,[3] and Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied philosophy, sociology and politics and took up Shorinji Kan Jiu Jitsu. He worked in the film industry before becoming an author.[4]
Harkaway's first novel,The Gone-Away World, was published in 2008. Originally titled The Wages of Gonzo Lubitsch,[5] it concerns a number of ex-special forces operatives turned truckers who are hired to perform a dangerous mission in a post-apocalyptic world.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Harkaway is married to Clare Algar, an intellectual property lawyer and managing director of John le Carré, Ltd. They have two children.[6]
Views on Google Book settlement
[edit]Harkaway has been an outspoken critic of the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement, posting on his blog,[7] speaking out on BBC Radio's The World at One in May 2009, and appearing on a television debate with Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Tom Watson MP in September 2009.
Bibliography
[edit]- The Gone-Away World (2008)
- The Blind Giant (2012)
- Angelmaker (2013)
- Tigerman (2014)
- Gnomon (2017)
- The Price You Pay (2018)
- Seven Demons (2021)
- Titanium Noir (2023)
- Karla's Choice (2024)
- Sleeper Beach (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ "Nick Harkaway, Author at Tor Nightfire". Tor Nightfire. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b Jones, Philip (15 April 2011). "John Murray picks up Harkaway on digital". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "I blame the schools". Futurebook. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Nick Harkaway | Conville and Walsh Literary Agents". Convilleandwalsh.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ Harkaway, Nick (12 November 2008). "Your cities are now hours". Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Carré, John le. "About Us". John le Carré. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ "Google Crunch Time". Nick Harkaway. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
External links
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- Official website
- Review of The Gone-Away World, The Guardian
- Nick Harkaway at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Nick Harkaway at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalogue records
- 1972 births
- 21st-century English novelists
- English science fiction writers
- Living people
- Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
- English male novelists
- Novelists from Cornwall
- 21st-century English male writers
- People educated at University College School
- English male non-fiction writers
- 21st-century pseudonymous writers