British · b. 1957
Nicholas Shakespeare writes novels that blur with biography. "The Dancer Upstairs" (1995) fictionalized the capture of Shining Path's leader; he later wrote acclaimed biographies of Bruce Chatwin and Ian Fleming. "Snowleg" (2004) follows a man tracing a love affair behind the Iron Curtain. Shakespeare was born in England and has lived in Tasmania. His fiction moves between continents and periods.