James W. Nichol

James W. Nichol (born 1940 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. His first novel, Midnight Cab, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. He was also short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 2009. He was the vice-president of Playwrights Canada and was playwright-in-residence at the National Art Centre.

Novels

 * Midnight Cab (2002)
 * Death Spiral (2013)
 * Transgression (2013)

Plays

 * Tub (1969)
 * Sweet Home Sweet (1972)
 * The Book of Solomon Spring (1972)
 * Gwendoline (1978)
 * Child (1979)
 * Sonny (1982)
 * Relative Strangers (1983)
 * When I Wake (1984)
 * The Three True Loves of Jasmine Hoover (1986)
 * The Stone Angel (adapted from Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel) (1995)
 * Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde: A Love Story (1995–1996)

Personal life
Nichol lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.