James W. Nichol (born 1940 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. His first novel, Midnight Cab, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.[1] He was also short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 2009.[2] He was the vice-president of Playwrights Canada and was playwright-in-residence at the National Art Centre.[3]
Novels
edit- Midnight Cab (2002)[4]
- Death Spiral (2013)
- Transgression (2013)
Plays
edit- 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)[5]
- Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde: A Love Story (1995–1996)
Personal life
editNichol lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
References
edit- ^ "James W. Nichol". Harper Collins. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Transgression". Slopen Agency. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ^ "JAMES W NICHOL". Doollee. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "James W Nichol". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Nichol, James W." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 October 2017.