James W. Nichol

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
  • Midnight Cab (2002)[4]
  • Death Spiral (2013)
  • Transgression (2013)

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)[5]
  • Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde: A Love Story (1995–1996)

Personal life

Nichol lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

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. "James W Nichol". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. "Nichol, James W." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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