Nigel Williams (author)

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Williams at the 66th Annual Peabody Awards in 2007

Nigel Williams (born 20 January 1948) is an English novelist, screenwriter and playwright.

Biography

Williams was born in

Omnibus and Bookmark.[2]

His first novel My Life Closed Twice won the 1978

Jim Henson's Storyteller
series.

Williams' most successful work has been the 2005 TV drama

Emmy Award for his script and winning multiple awards for the film and its star, Helen Mirren
.

Bibliography

Novels

  • 1977 – My Life Closed Twice (
    Secker & Warburg
    )
  • 1980 – Jack Be Nimble (Secker & Warburg)
  • 1983 – Johnny Jarvis (Penguin, based on his teleplay)
  • 1984 – Charlie (Methuen, based on his teleplay)
  • 1985 – Star Turn (Faber & Faber)
  • 1987 – Witchcraft, (Faber & Faber)
  • 1988 – Black Magic (Hutchinson Novella)
  • 1988 – Breaking Up (Faber & Faber, based on his teleplay)
  • 1989 – Buttons in the Marsh (Faber & Faber, based on his stageplay)
  • The Wimbledon Trilogy :
    • 1990 – The Wimbledon Poisoner (Faber & Faber)
    • 1992 – They Came from SW19 (Faber & Faber)
    • 1993 – East of Wimbledon (Faber & Faber)
  • 1994 – Scenes from a Poisoner's Life (Faber & Faber)
  • 1997 – Stalking Fiona (Granta)
  • 1999 – Fortysomething (Penguin)
  • 2002 – Hatchett & Lycett (Penguin)
  • 2013 – Unfaithfully Yours (Corsair)
  • 2016 – Waking Up Dead

Plays

  • 1974 – Marbles (Bush Theatre)
  • 1976 – Square One
  • 1976 – Double Talk (London)
  • 1977 – Snowwhite Washes Whiter and Deadwood (Bristol)
  • 1978 – Class Enemy (Royal Court Theatre)
  • 1979 – Easy Street (Bristol)
  • 1980 – Line 'em (
    Cottesloe Theatre
    )
  • 1980 – Sugar and Spice (Royal Court)
  • 1980 – Trial Run (Playhouse, Oxford)
  • 1982 – The Adventures of Jasper Ridley (Hull)
  • 1982 – W.C.P.C. (Half Moon Theatre)
  • 1985 – My Brother's Keeper (Greenwich)
  • 1985 – Deathwatch (Birmingham Rep)
  • 1986 – Country Dancing (Other Place Theatre, RSC)
  • 1987 – As it Was (Edinburgh)
  • 1988 – Consequences (Croydon)
  • 1988 – Breaking up
  • 1989 – Buttons in the Marsh (Cheltenham Festivals)
  • 1989 – Nativity (
    Tricycle Theatre
    )
  • 1995 – Lord of the Flies (adaptation) (Other Place)
  • 1996 – The Last Romantics (Greenwich)
  • 1996 – Harry and Me (Royal Court)
  • 2008 – MyFace (
    Cottesloe Theatre
    )
  • 2009 – HR (five series comedy drama for BBC Radio 4)

Non-fiction

References

  1. ^ "Chapter 1 Section A: Thesis Statement". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
  2. ^ Geraldine Bedell "All roads lead to Croydon", The Observer, 14 April 2002

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