Alexander Fiske-Harrison
Alexander Fiske-Harrison | |
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Alexander Fiske-Harrison in Pamplona waiting for the bulls in 2017 | |
| Born | 22 July 1976 London |
| Occupation(s) | Author, journalist and conservationist |
| Website | www |
Alexander Rupert Fiske-Harrison (born 22 July 1976) is an English author, journalist, and conservationist.
His writing is known for his immersion in his subject matter. He trained and worked for some years as a method actor. For his first book Into The Arena: The World Of The Spanish Bullfight he became a bullfighter. For his second, The Bulls Of Pamplona, he became a bull-runner.
In 2011, he was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year for Into The Arena, his fiction "Les Invincibles" was a finalist in Le Prix Hemingway International in France in 2016, and his work "The Feldkirch Crossing", was shortlisted for the Mogford Prize of the Financial Times Weekend Oxford Literary Festival in 2021.