Max Porter is the author of four novels, including the Sunday Times #1 bestseller Shy, the Booker Prize longlisted Lanny, and the multi-award winning Grief is the Thing with Feathers. His work has been translated into 36 languages. Porter’s screen adaptation of Shy, starring Cillian Murphy, was released by Netflix in October 2025, and the screen adaptation of Grief is the Thing with Feathers starring Benedict Cumberbatch was released in cinemas in November 2025. He is the author of The Death of Francis Bacon, praised as ‘a miniature masterpiece’, the short film All of this Unreal Time and the pamphlet It’s Going to Be a Bright New Day with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. Max frequently collaborates with musicians, song-writers, artists and theatre-makers. He is currently writer in residence in a UK prison, Associate Artist at The Southbank Centre and was chair of the judging panel for the International Booker Prize 2025.
Max Porter
