Nevil Shute and J. M. Coetzee, have which occupation in common?
Nevil Shute Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 189912 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels, which included "On the Beach" and "A Town Like Alice".
James P. Carse James P. Carse is Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University. His book "Finite and Infinite Games" was widely influential. Although Dr. Carse may not believe in God, he describes himself as religious "in the sense that I am endlessly fascinated with the unknowability of what it means to be human, to exist at all."