John Nichols
(1940 - 2023)John Nichols was the author of the New Mexico trilogy, a series about the complex relationship between history, race and ethnicity, and land and water rights in the fictional Chamisaville County, New Mexico. The trilogy consists of The Milagro Beanfield War (which was adapted into the film The Milagro Beanfield War directed by Robert Redford), The Magic Journey, and The Nirvana Blues.
Two of his other novels have been made into films. The Wizard of Loneliness was published in 1966 and the film version with Lukas Haas was made in 1988. Another successful movie adaptation was of The Sterile Cuckoo, which was published in 1965 and was filmed by Alan J. Pakula in 1969.
Nichols also wrote non-fiction, including the trilogy If Mountains Die, The Last Beautiful Days of Autumn and On the Mesa.
Two of his other novels have been made into films. The Wizard of Loneliness was published in 1966 and the film version with Lukas Haas was made in 1988. Another successful movie adaptation was of The Sterile Cuckoo, which was published in 1965 and was filmed by Alan J. Pakula in 1969.
Nichols also wrote non-fiction, including the trilogy If Mountains Die, The Last Beautiful Days of Autumn and On the Mesa.
Series
New Mexico Trilogy
1. The Milagro Beanfield War (1974)
2. The Magic Journey (1978)
3. The Nirvana Blues (1981)
1. The Milagro Beanfield War (1974)
2. The Magic Journey (1978)
3. The Nirvana Blues (1981)
Novels
The Sterile Cuckoo (1965)
The Wizard of Loneliness (1966)
A Ghost in the Music (1979)
American Blood (1987)
An Elegy for September (1993)
Conjugal Bliss (1994)
The Voice of the Butterfly (2001)
The Empanada Brotherhood (2007)
On Top of Spoon Mountain (2012)
The Annual Big Arsenic Fishing Contest! (2016)
The Wizard of Loneliness (1966)
A Ghost in the Music (1979)
American Blood (1987)
An Elegy for September (1993)
Conjugal Bliss (1994)
The Voice of the Butterfly (2001)
The Empanada Brotherhood (2007)
On Top of Spoon Mountain (2012)
The Annual Big Arsenic Fishing Contest! (2016)
Non fiction
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