James W. Nichol

Canadian playwright and novelist

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

^ "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.