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Nick Harkaway


UK flag (b.1972)
Son of John Le Carré

Nick Harkaway (born 1972 in Cornwall, England) is a novelist and commentator. He is the author of the novels The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker; and a non-fiction study of the digital world entitled The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World. He is the son of author John le Carré.

Harkaway was educated at the independent University College School in North London 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.
 


Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller
 
New and upcoming books
April 2025

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Sleeper Beach
(Titanium Noir, book 2)
Series
Titanium Noir
   1. Titanium Noir (2023)
   2. Sleeper Beach (2025)
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Novels
   The Gone Away World (2008)
   Angelmaker (2012)
   Tigerman (2014)
   Gnomon (2017)
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Collections
   Irregularity (2014) (with Claire North and Adam Roberts)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Edie Investigates (2012)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Nick Harkaway
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Sunspot Jungle: Volume Two (2020)
edited by
Bill Campbell
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection (2016)
(Year's Best Science Fiction, book 33)
edited by
Gardner Dozois
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Twelve Tomorrows 2016 (2015)
(Twelve Tomorrows)
edited by
Bruce Sterling

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Award nominations
2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Angelmaker
2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : Angelmaker
2009 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Gone Away World
2008 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Gone Away World


Nick Harkaway recommends
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The Future (2023)
Naomi Alderman
"Elegantly written, funny and frightening, The Future is a must-read - and one of those books other authors wish they'd written."
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Shovel Ready (2014)
(Spademan, book 1)
Adam Sternbergh
"Compulsive! Savage future noir that crackles with deadpan wit."

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