British author born as Nevil Shute Norway in Ealing, Middlesex, and raised in Shrewsbury. He stuttered badly, which interfered with his childhood and early education. Shute’s father, Arthur Hamilton Norway, worked for the English Post Office until he became head of the Irish postal services in 1912, and the family moved to Dublin.
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