James W. Nichol
# 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. He was also short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 2009. He was the vice-president of Playwrights Canada and was playwright-in-residence at the National Art Centre.

## Novels

* Midnight Cab (2002)
* 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)
* Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde: A Love Story (1995–1996)

## Personal life

Nichol lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

