James W. Nichol

James W. Nichol (born 1940 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and novelist.

Awards and residencies

His first novel, Midnight Cab (2002), won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. ^[1] He was also shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 2009. ^[2] He was the vice-president of Playwrights Guild of Canada and was playwright-in-residence at the National Art Centre. ^[3]

Personal life

Nichol lives in Stratford, Ontario.

Bibliography

Plays

• Tub (1969)
• Sweet Home Sweet (1972)
• The Book of Solomon Spring (1972)
• Gwendoline (1978)
• Child (1979)
• Sonny (1982)
• Relative Strangers (1983)
• When I Wake (1984)
• The Three True Loves of Jasmine Hoover (1986)
• The Stone Angel (adapted from Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel ) (1995) ^[4]
• Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde: A Love Story (1995–1996)

Novels

• Midnight Cab (2002) ^[5]
• Death Spiral (2013)
• Transgression (2013)

References

1. "James W. Nichol". Harper Collins. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
2. "Transgression". Slopen Agency. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
3. "JAMES W NICHOL". Doollee. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
4. "Nichol, James W." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
5. "James W Nichol". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

External links

• Publisher's author page