Nevil Shute | |
|---|---|
 Shute, pictured in 1949 | |
| Born | Nevil Shute Norway 17 January 1899 Ealing, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 12 January 1960 (aged 60) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Novelist aeronautical engineer |
| Nationality | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 1899 – 12 January 1960) 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, in order to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or from fellow engineers that he was "not a serious person"[1] or from potentially adverse publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.