Nikom Rayawa (Thai: นิคม รายยวา; ; born 1944 in Sukhothai) is a Thai novelist.
He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Thammasat University, where he began his writing career. While there, he was the founder of the University's first writer's group.In addition to being a novelist, he has also worked on palm and cocoa plantations as well as being involved in the Thai petroleum industry.[1]
In 1988, he received the S.E.A. Write Award.