James W. Nichol Explained

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.

External links

• Publisher's author page

Notes and References

1. Web site: James W. Nichol. Harper Collins. 25 October 2017.
2. Web site: Transgression. Slopen Agency. 2017-10-25. 2018-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20181019033618/http://www.slopenagency.com/sa/jameswnichol. dead.
3. Web site: JAMES W NICHOL. Doollee. 25 October 2017. 1 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170901082838/http://doollee.com/PlaywrightsN/nichol-james-w.html. dead.
4. Web site: James W Nichol. Fantastic Fiction. 25 October 2017.
5. Web site: Nichol, James W.. Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. 25 October 2017.