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Christopher Nicholson (born 1956 in London, England) is an English novelist and writer

Life

Born in London, Nicholson was educated at Tonbridge School, Kent, and at Gonville and Caius College , University of Cambridge. He worked for many years as a radio scriptwriter and producer for the BBC’s World Service. He was married to the botanical artist Catharine Nicholson (1958-2011).

Work

His first novel ‘The Fattest Man In America’ (2005) is the autobiography of a grotesquely obese man living in Texas. His second novel ‘The Elephant Keeper’(2009) describes the story of two elephants and their keeper in 18th century England. It was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize and for the Encore Award. His third novel ‘Winter’(2013)describes a domestic drama in the life of the elderly English novelist Thomas Hardy and his wife Florence. It was adapted as a play, ‘Tess in Winter’, for BBC Radio 4. His non-fiction book ‘Among the Summer Snows’ (2017) is a meditation on walking and snow in the Scottish Highlands. It was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature and longlisted for the Highland Book Prize.

Bibliography

Fiction:

‘The Fattest Man in America’ ISBN-10: 1845291182 (Constable and Robinson) (2005) ‘The Elephant Keeper’ ISBN-10: 0007278829 (Fourth Estate) (2009)

‘Winter’ ISBN-10: 000751607X (Fourth Estate) http://www.4thestate.co.uk/ (2013)

Non-fiction:

‘Among the Summer Snows’ ISBN-10: 1910463604 (September Publishing) (2017)

References

Catharine Nicholson obituary, ‘The Guardian’ (21 June 2011) Catharine Nicholson obituary, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ ,(8 July 2011) Carla McKay in the ‘Daily Mail’, 3 March 2009) Emma Donoghue in ‘The Guardian’ , 22 March 2009) 'Little known novelist vies with big names for Costa Prize', The Guardian, 24 Nov 2009 Greg Garrard, ‘Ecocriticism’ (London, 2011), pp. 159-160 Ian Sansom (18 January 2014) in ‘The Guardian’ Michael Dirda (27 Jan.2016) in ‘The Washington Post’ Alison Lurie (7 April 2016) in the ‘New York Review of Books’ Lily Tuck (2 September 2017) in ‘The Wall Street Journal’ Jonathan Smith (30 May 2014):‘Why novelists have a duty of care to the past’ in ‘The New Statesman’ David Robinson in (2017, otherwise undated)

External links

Official website www.christophernicholsonwriter.com

Catharine Nicholson official website www.catherinenicholson.com