Nick Harkaway

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Nick Harkaway
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Born
Nicholas Cornwell

(1972-11-26) 26 November 1972 (age 53)
Cornwall, England
OccupationNovelist, 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
SpouseClare Algar
Children2
Parents John le Carré (father)
Jane Cornwell (mother)
Website
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]

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Biography

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

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Nick Harkaway, Author at Tor Nightfire". Tor Nightfire. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ "I blame the schools". Futurebook. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Nick Harkaway | Conville and Walsh Literary Agents". Convilleandwalsh.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Harkaway, Nick (12 November 2008). "Your cities are now hours". Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Carré, John le. "About Us". John le Carré. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Google Crunch Time". Nick Harkaway. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
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