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)
  • Stone Angel (adapted from Margaret Laurence's 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.
  3. "JAMES W NICHOL". Doollee. 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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