A question that’s been asked for many, many decades. I used to think Sir Francis Bacon was the likely culprit, but now believe the author of Shakespeare to be...
Shakespeare.
I followed the arguments for each of the contestants and entertained , in turn, the possibilities that each must be the real Shakespeare but there was always some flaw to be glossed over by the proponents that left me skeptical. The simplest argument for Copernicus before scientific proof, applies here, too. The simplest explanation that takes care of all the variables is most likely the real one.