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David Nicholls

(b.1966)

David Nicholls is a British author, screenwriter, and actor. A student of Toynbee Comprehensive school and Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, he Graduated from the University of Bristol having studied English Literature and Drama.

Genres: General Fiction, Literary Fiction

Novels

   Starter for Ten (2003)
     aka A Question of Attraction
   The Understudy (2005)
   One Day (2009)
   Us (2014)
   Sweet Sorrow (2019)

Awards

	Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2010) : One Day
	British Book Award Book of the Year winner (2010) : One Day
	Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award Best Book winner (2010) : One Day
	The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2014) : Us

David Nicholls recommends

The Ask (2010)
Sam Lipsyte
"Funny, smart and mean."

Rules of Civility (2011)
Amor Towles
"Terrific. A smart, witty, charming dry-martini of a novel"

Days Without End (2016)
(Days Without End, book 1)
Sebastian Barry
"An amazing achievement. For page after page, I found myself thinking, how does he do this?"

The Museum of Broken Promises (2019)
Elizabeth Buchan
"A beautiful, evocative love story, a heart-breaking journey into a long-buried past."

The Giver of Stars (2019)
Jojo Moyes
"Epic."

The Wishing Star (2020)
(Playdate Adventures, book 1)
Emma Beswetherick
"Guaranteed free of unicorns and princesses, it's fun, empowering fiction for 5-8 year olds."

Strange Flowers (2020)
Donal Ryan
"Endlessly surprising and incredibly moving."

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