Nigel Williams (author)

Nigel Williams (author)

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

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Biography

He was educated at Highgate School and Oriel College, Oxford, is married with three sons and lives in Putney, south-west London.[1] After graduating from Oxford, Williams joined the BBC as a general trainee, and worked as an arts producer for the Corporation eventually becoming the editor of Omnibus and Bookmark.[2]

He won a television BAFTA for his 1994 screen adaptation of William Horwood's Skallagrigg.

His most successful work to date has been the 2005 TV drama Elizabeth I, being himself nominated for an Emmy Award for his script and winning multiple awards for the film and its star, Helen Mirren.

Williams was also the primary scriptwriter for the second season - based on Greek myths - of the acclaimed Jim Henson's Storyteller series.

His first novel My Life Closed Twice won the 1978 Somerset Maugham Award

Bibliography

Novels

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

Plays

  • 1974Marbles (Bush Theatre)
  • 1976Square One
  • 1976Double Talk (London)
  • 1977Snowwhite Washes Whiter and Deadwood (Bristol)
  • 1978Class Enemy (Royal Court Theatre)
  • 1979Easy Street (Bristol)
  • 1980Line 'em (Cottesloe Theatre)
  • 1980Sugar and Spice (Royal Court)
  • 1980Trial Run (Playhouse, Oxford)
  • 1982The Adventures of Jasper Ridley (Hull)
  • 1982W.C.P.C. (Half Moon Theatre)
  • 1985My Brother's Keeper (Greenwich)
  • 1985Deathwatch (Birmingham Rep)
  • 1986Country Dancing (Other Place Theatre, RSC)
  • 1987As it Was (Edinburgh)
  • 1988Consequences (Croydon)
  • 1988Breaking up
  • 1989Buttons in the Marsh (Cheltenham Festivals)
  • 1989Nativity (Tricycle Theatre)
  • 1995Lord of the Flies (adaption) (Other Place)
  • 1996The Last Romantics (Greenwich)
  • 1996Harry and Me (Royal Court)
  • 2008MyFace (Cottesloe Theatre)
  • 2009HR (6-part play for BBC Radio 4)

Non-fiction

References

  1. ^ Chapter 1 Section A: Thesis Statement
  2. ^ Geraldine Bedell "All roads lead to Croydon", The Observer, 14 April 2002

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