British author, playwright, and poet Deborah Levy initially gained notoriety for her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company. But today, she’s best known for her Booker Prize-nominated novels “Swimming Home,” “Hot Milk,” and “The Man Who Saw Everything.” Her next novel, “August Blue,” will be published in May 2023 by Hamish Hamilton. In 2023, Levy wrote an essay about the transformative power of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust as part of our Literally series.