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Nigel Williams Artist/Author
Nigel Williams (b 21st November 1960 in Abercrave, Swansea). Artist and author of Eden Relics (2012), Welsh Gold (2012) and Welsh Gold - Prodigal Son. Served as a police officer in Brixton from 1981 - 1984 and then transferred to south Wales police. In 1994 he suffered a fractured spine on duty and was forced to retire from the police service. During recovery, he retrained and achieved a first-class honours degree in fine art from Swansea Institute, then a teaching qualification from Cardiff University, followed by a Master's degree in fine art. In 2012, he wrote his first novel - Eden Relics - which made the top 10 in the Amazon Action Adventure genre in November 2012. A prolific writer, he also wrote Welsh Gold and Welsh Gold - Prodigal Son in the same year, along with two screenplays and several short stories. He is currently working as a lecturer in fine art at Gower College in Swansea.