Nick Harkaway

Nick Harkaway
Born
Nicholas Cornwell

(1972-11-26) 26 November 1972 (age 53)
Cornwall, England
EducationClare College, Cambridge
OccupationsNovelist, commentator
SpouseClare Algar
Children2
Parent(s)John le Carré (father)
Jane Cornwell (mother)
Relatives
  • Simon Cornwell (half-brother)
  • Stephen Cornwell (half-brother)
  • Tim Cornwell (half-brother)
Writing career
Pen nameAidan Truhen
GenresFantasy, Spy fiction, Thriller (as Aidan Truhen)
Notable worksThe Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, The Blind Giant, Gnomon, Karla's Choice
WebsiteOfficial 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.

Biography

Harkaway was born Nicholas Cornwell in Cornwall, the son of the author John le Carré (real name David Cornwell) and his second wife Jane Eustace.

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.

Harkaway's first novel,The Gone-Away World, was published in 2008. Originally titled The Wages of Gonzo Lubitsch, it concerns a number of ex-special forces operatives turned truckers who are hired to perform a dangerous mission in a post-apocalyptic world.

In October 2026 Amazon Prime Video will premiere Kill Jackie, the first TV series based on one of Harkaway's books. The show, based on the pseudonymously published novel The Price You Pay, stars Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Personal life

Harkaway is married to Clare Algar, an intellectual property lawyer and managing director of John le Carré, Ltd. They have two children.

Views on Google Book settlement

Harkaway has been an outspoken critic of the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement, posting on his blog, 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

Stand-alone fiction

Non-fiction

Short stories

The Price You Pay series as Aidan Truhen

Titanium Noir series

George Smiley continuation series

Television work

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.