Arthur Phillips

The Tragedy of Arthur (Random House)

We're thrilled to welcome back bestselling novelist Arthur Philips for his acclaimed latest, The Tragedy of Arthur! This virtuosic novel (masquerading as a memoir) includes an entire five-act "lost" William Shakespeare play! "A long-lost Shakespeare play surfaces in Phillips's wily fifth novel, a sublime faux memoir framed as the introduction to the play's first printing—a Modern Library edition, of course… The play itself . . . reads not unlike something written by the man from Stratford-upon-Avon. It's a tricky project, funny and brazen, smart and playful.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Arthur Phillips was born in Minneapolis and educated at Harvard. He has been a child actor, a jazz musician, a speech writer, and a five-time Jeopardy! champion. His first novel, Prague, was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and received the Los Angeles Times/Art Seidenbaum Award for best first novel. He is also the bestselling author of The Egyptologist, Angelica, and The Song is You. His novels have published in over two dozen countries. He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons. Photo of the author by Barbi Reed. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS OCTOBER 18, 2011.