Nicholas Shaxson (born 1966) is a British author, journalist and investigator.

[1][2] He is best known for his investigative books Poisoned Wells (2007), Treasure Islands (2011), and The Finance Curse (2018).

He has lived at various times in India, Brazil, England, Lesotho, Spain, Angola, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Since 1993, he has written on global business and politics for Vanity Fair,[7] the Economist Intelligence Unit,[8] Foreign Affairs,[9] American Interest,[10] and others.

[11] In 2011 he wrote Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World.