William Shaw (writer)
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William Shaw works as a journalist and writer in the US
and in the UK. One of his most noticeable works is the 1999 book called Westsiders. He worked on Details
magazine and remains a contributing editor there. For Details he spent a month in the Utah Desert living with Stone Age survivalists, went undercover at cross burnings with the neo-Nazi Christian Identity Movement in Idaho, shot AK-47
s with Zionist fundamentalists in upper New York State and spent a week staying at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Center in Hollywood. He started his journalistic career as the Assistant Editor of the punk/goth magazine ZigZag
. Since then his work has appeared in publications around the world, including the Times
, the Independent
, the Sunday Telegraph, The Observer
, the Mail on Sunday
, the South China Post, FHM
, Tatler
, US Vogue, George
, Face
, GQ, Esquire
and Cosmopolitan
. His first book, Travellers, was an oral history of Britain's New Age travellers
. That was followed in 1994 by Spying in Guru Land, an account of a year spent as a member of several British religious cults.
His most recent book was based on his Observer column, Small Ads, appeared in 2005 as Superhero for Hire.
His blog Un-Made-Up, launched in May 2006, is described on the site as a "growing collection of narrative non-fiction miniatures". He has taken this idea of true stories onto the streets in his installation for the 2007 Brighton Festival, 41 Places. Over a period of seven months Shaw created a "unique project by featuring 41 pieces of narrative, found, edited, designed and reinstalled into the places they were discovered."
William Shaw lives in Brighton
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and in the UK. One of his most noticeable works is the 1999 book called Westsiders. He worked on Details
Details (magazine)
Details is an American monthly men's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications, founded in 1982. Though primarily a magazine devoted to fashion and lifestyle, Details also features reports on relevant social and political issues.-History:...
magazine and remains a contributing editor there. For Details he spent a month in the Utah Desert living with Stone Age survivalists, went undercover at cross burnings with the neo-Nazi Christian Identity Movement in Idaho, shot AK-47
AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...
s with Zionist fundamentalists in upper New York State and spent a week staying at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Center in Hollywood. He started his journalistic career as the Assistant Editor of the punk/goth magazine ZigZag
ZigZag (magazine)
ZigZag was a British rock music magazine. It was started by Pete Frame and the first edition rolled off the printing presses on 16 April 1969...
. Since then his work has appeared in publications around the world, including the Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, the Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
, the Sunday Telegraph, The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
, the Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
, the South China Post, FHM
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
, Tatler
Tatler
Tatler has been the name of several British journals and magazines, each of which has viewed itself as the successor of the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709. The current incarnation, founded in 1901, is a glossy magazine published by Condé Nast Publications...
, US Vogue, George
George (magazine)
George was a glossy monthly magazine centered on the theme of politics-as-lifestyle co-founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Michael J. Berman with publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in New York City in September 1995...
, Face
The Face (magazine)
The Face was a British music, fashion and culture monthly magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan.-1980s:Logan had previously created the teen pop magazine Smash Hits, and had been an editor at the New Musical Express in the 1970s before launching The Face in 1980.The magazine was influential in...
, GQ, Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
and Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
. His first book, Travellers, was an oral history of Britain's New Age travellers
New age travellers
New Age Travellers are groups of people who often espouse New Age or hippie beliefs and travel between music festivals and fairs in order to live in a community with others who hold similar beliefs. Their transport and homes consist of vans, lorries, buses, narrowboats and caravans converted into...
. That was followed in 1994 by Spying in Guru Land, an account of a year spent as a member of several British religious cults.
His most recent book was based on his Observer column, Small Ads, appeared in 2005 as Superhero for Hire.
His blog Un-Made-Up, launched in May 2006, is described on the site as a "growing collection of narrative non-fiction miniatures". He has taken this idea of true stories onto the streets in his installation for the 2007 Brighton Festival, 41 Places. Over a period of seven months Shaw created a "unique project by featuring 41 pieces of narrative, found, edited, designed and reinstalled into the places they were discovered."
William Shaw lives in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
.