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.