About James W. Nichol
Born 1940. James W. Nichol is a Canadian playwright, novelist, writer and screenwriter.
James W. Nichol (born 1940 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and novelist.
Awards and residencies His first novel, Midnight Cab (2002), won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. He was also shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 2009. He was the vice-president of Playwrights Guild of Canada and was playwright-in-residence at the National Art Centre.
Personal life Nichol lives in Stratford, Ontario.
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Canadian playwright and novelist
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James W. Nichol was born in 1940 in Toronto.
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James W. Nichol is a playwright, novelist, writer and screenwriter.
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James W. Nichol is Canadian.
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