Brian Boyd

Brian Boyd, University Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Auckland, has written much on Vladimir Nabokov’s life and works, edited and translated much of his work, and written on other literature from Homer to Spiegelman. His most recent books include On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction (2009), Stalking Nabokov (2011), Pale Fire: A Poem in Four Cantos by John Shade (2011), and Why Lyrics Last: Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare’s Sonnets (2012).