author
Robert Shea
1933–1994
Best known for co-writing the cult classic Illuminatus! Trilogy, this American novelist mixed wild ideas, satire, and big historical themes in books that still feel adventurous and unpredictable. He also wrote sweeping historical novels that showed the same love of research, drama, and offbeat imagination.
2 Audiobooks
Star Performer
by Robert Shea
Mutineer
by Robert Shea
About the author
Before turning fully to fiction, Robert Shea worked as a journalist and magazine editor. He is most often remembered as the co-author, with Robert Anton Wilson, of Illuminatus! Trilogy, a sprawling and influential work of satirical speculative fiction that helped earn a lasting cult following.
Shea also wrote several historical novels of his own, including Shike, The Saracen, Shaman, and All Things Are Lights. Those books show another side of his writing: deeply interested in history, belief, conflict, and the way large ideas shape ordinary lives.
Born on February 14, 1933, and dying on March 10, 1994, he left behind a body of work that ranges from playful and conspiratorial to richly historical. His fiction is a good fit for listeners who enjoy ambitious stories, unusual perspectives, and authors willing to take big creative risks.