Journalist and author Mark Anderson devoted more than a decade to researching the life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, publishing articles on de Vere in Harper’s, The Boston Globe, and on PBS.org. Holding a masters degree in astrophysics, he has also written articles on science, technology, the environment, the arts and politics for Rolling Stone, Wired, Discover, Science, New Scientist, National Geographic online, and Plenty. He lives in Massachusetts. "Shakespeare" By Another Name is his first book.

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Postal mail can be sent to the author at P.O. Box 1652, Northampton, MA 01061-1652.

For speaking engagements, please contact the author directly (above) or:

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Friday, July 11: "Who Wrote Shakespeare?" A debate between Mark Anderson, Prof. William Rubenstein (advocating for Henry Neville) and Prof. Alan Nelson (advocating for Will Shakspere of Stratford). At Freedom Fest, Bally's Paris, Las Vegas. 1:30-3:30.
C-SPAN Book TV will be covering the conference and, we hope, the Shakespeare debate. (If you'd like to help ensure that Book TV does cover the event, please contact them and kindly pass along your request. Thank you!)

Friday, Oct. 10-Sunday, Oct. 12: Joint Conference of The Shakespeare-Oxford Society and The Shakespeare Fellowship (information here), Tarrytown Hampton Inn, 200 Tarrytown Rd., Elmsford, N.Y.

Previous lectures and school appearances: Mar. 27, 2007: The City College of New York; Nov. 26, 2007: The City College of New York; Sept. 25: The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.; May 7-11: Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei County, Taiwan; May 7: SooChow University, Taipei, Taiwan; May 8: National Ilan University, I-Lan, Taiwan;
May 6, 2006: The Key School, Annapolis, Md. (The Annapolis Book Fair); Apr. 21-23: The Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference, Concordia University, Portland, Ore.; March 1: City College of New York.;
Oct. 26, 2005: Western New England College, Springfield, Mass.; Oct. 24: Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass.; Oct. 4: Nevada Union High School, Nevada City, Calif.; Sept. 23: Puget Sound Community School, Seattle; May 16: Springfield Central High School, Springfield, Mass.;

Previous appearances on the “Shakespeare” By Another Name Book Tour:
Aug. 15, 2005: Boston (Brookline Booksmith); Sept. 9: Minneapolis (Barnes & Noble, Galleria, Edina); Sept. 14: Carleton College Bookstore, Northfield, Minnesota; Sept. 16: Chicago (DePaul University Bookstore); Sept. 17: Madison, Wisconsin (Borders); Sept. 24: Seattle (Elliott Bay); Sept. 28: Portland, Oregon (Powell's City of Books); Sept. 29-Oct. 2: Ashland, Oregon (Bloomsbury Books); Oct. 5: Sacramento (Border's); Oct. 7: Stanford University Bookstore; Oct. 7: San Francisco (Cody's); Oct. 19: Northampton, Massachusetts (Broadside Bookshop); Apr. 12, 2006: Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.; Sept. 16: Keene, N.H. (Borders); Sept. 21: Winchester, Mass. (Book Ends)