David Szalay is a British and Hungarian writer born in Montreal in 1974. He is known for novels with distinctive narrative structures that weave together interconnected stories. Szalay's novel All That Man Is, which employs an intertwined short story structure, was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and won the Gordon Burn Prize that same year. His work Turbulence similarly features a unique narrative approach combining multiple storylines. In 2025, Szalay's sixth novel, Flesh, won the Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in English-language fiction.