Career
He is the author of The Optimist: One Manitoba’s Search Foreign The Brighter Side Of Life, which was published in January 2009 by Canongate Books, and author and photographer of A Hedonist"s Guide to Tallinn, published by Hg2. Born in New York, he studied History at Cambridge University. Following an early career in business which included management consultancy, new media business development and venture capital, Shorter gained an Master of Business Administration at the business school European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires). He went on to co-found a Business-to-business web startup in Paris.
He has been writing and performing since 2001, when he was selected for the Old Vic Theatre’s noted "New Voices" programme.
He and his work have appeared on the British Broadcasting Corporation, in The Observer and The Independent, and at the Edinburgh Festival and assorted London theatres.
