Nevil Shute
Known for Writing
- Born
- January 17, 1899
- Birthplace
- Ealing, Middlesex, England
- Died
- January 12, 1960 (aged 60)
Biography
Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or fellow engineers that he was not a serious person or from potential negative publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.
Latest
On the BeachNovel2000Rating: 6.2 out of 10
On the BeachNovel2000SeriesRating: 8.5 out of 10
Crossing to FreedomBook1990Rating: 7.0 out of 10
The Far CountryNovel1987SeriesRating: 7.0 out of 10
A Town Like AliceNovel1981SeriesRating: 7.9 out of 10- The Jazz AgeNovel1968Series
On the BeachNovel1959Rating: 6.7 out of 10
A Town Like AliceNovel1956Rating: 6.4 out of 10
No Highway in the SkyNovel1951Rating: 7.0 out of 10
LandfallNovel1949Rating: 7.6 out of 10
The Pied PiperNovel1942Rating: 6.9 out of 10
Lonely RoadNovel1936Rating: 6.9 out of 10
Known for
- On the BeachNovel1959Rating: 6.7 out of 10
- On the BeachNovel2000Rating: 6.2 out of 10
- No Highway in the SkyNovel1951Rating: 7.0 out of 10
- A Town Like AliceNovel1956Rating: 6.4 out of 10
- The Pied PiperNovel1942Rating: 6.9 out of 10
- A Town Like AliceNovel1981SeriesRating: 7.9 out of 10
- LandfallNovel1949Rating: 7.6 out of 10
- Lonely RoadNovel1936Rating: 6.9 out of 10
- Crossing to FreedomBook1990Rating: 7.0 out of 10
- The Far CountryCreator1987SeriesRating: 7.0 out of 10
- On the BeachNovel2000SeriesRating: 8.5 out of 10
Filmography
12 titles
