CULTURE CURRENT-William Boyd on a life in fiction that began with a lie
Published on: May 23, 2026, 3:30 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
He invented an abstract expressionist artist he named Nat Tate — and, with the help of David Bowie, in 1998 managed to convince the art world he had really existed. Speaking with Reuters from his home in West London, Boyd reflects on his writing process, the shifting economics of the publishing world, and why his next major project will stray beyond fiction.
