Books written by William Nicholson

Golden Hour

Twenty-nine years old and people think he's still a kid. Terry's one year older and he could be his dad. But you know something? So fucking what. It's not what you look like that does the business. Take Brad. Nothing special about Brad.
I Could Love You: A Novel

Peter Tindall catches Meg's eye and pulls a face at the racket. Meg smiles. Encouraged, Peter Tindall crosses the hall to her side, following a curving path as if to show he has only reached her by accident. 'I don't call that music,' ...
Motherland: A Novel

If I'd grown up in Jamaica I'd be all for taking life easy. ... saysJenkins, to whom this thought has obviously never occurred. ... Larry decides not to tell Jenkins that he was in India at the time of partition.
New Longman Literature New Titles Pack

The best fiction for the Key Stage 3 classroom New Longman Literature
Simon & Schuster 2013 Fiction Sampler

We are very excited to be bringing this talented storyteller to U.S. readers with his stunning breakout book. I hope you will enjoy Motherland. Don't forget the tissues! Best wishes, Trish Todd Vice President and Executive Editor ...
Rich and Mad

Maddy is a sixteen-year-old who likes a boy in her theater club.
Crash

Crash is a contemporary, satirical comedy, probing the feelings behind and reaction to the economic crisis and the people who caused it.
The Retreat from Moscow: A Play About a Family

In The Retreat from Moscow, William Nicholson, the celebrated author of Shadowlands, tells the powerful story of a husband who decides to be truthful in his marriage, and of the wife and son whose lives will never be the same again.
Noman

"The meeks." Seeker gave him a long intent look. "Do it again." Surely you know that where your way lies, the door is always open. It was startling, uncanny. The words sounded in his own head like a thought spoken out loud.
Seeker

reached the Pilgrim Gate, Blaze was gone, and a meek was standing there, waiting to take the Elder on into the Nom itself. Seeker dared to speak. "What is your decision, Elder?" "Have you understood what I have said to you?
Amherst: A Novel

The story went on to tell how, while walking on a deserted beach, Henry Arnold found two sets of footprints in the sand, the tracks left by a man and a woman. ... satisfied with the husk, but missing the sweet kernel of life.
William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings

William Nicholson (1872-1949) is among the most admired and elusive painters in the history of British art.
Jango

Sabin unfurled his own whip and angled his horse to face his father. The young man looked slight, almost fragile, in comparison with his father, and on his face there was a look of uncertainty. "Ya, jagga!" cried the Jahan.
Noman: Book Three of the Noble Warriors

I hand the whip of the Orlans to Sabin, son of Amroth.” Sabin jumped up onto the table beside her. Caressa gave him the whip. He took it and held it up high. “I am Sabin!” he called out. “Jahan of Jahans!
The Society of Others

Hanna cooks and washes and minds the baby in an eternal twilight. For my reading I have a fat candle, which stands in a clay saucer of melted wax. The night after Lutz brought me here, carrying me in his arms like a calf, ...
The Seventh Level: A Sexual Progress

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The Trial of True Love

Fast-paced, beautifully crafted, and intellectually stimulating, The Trial of True Love is a captivating exploration of the nature of love, its elusiveness, and most of all, the universal human need to find it.
Shadowlands: A Play

But Shadowlands shows how their love, and the risk of its loss, transformed all of this great man's relationships, even with God.
Shadowlands

William Nicholsons Tony nominated stage adaptation of his award-winning BBC Teleplay relates the story of shy Oxford don and childrens author C.S. Lewis and American poet Joy Gresham.
Rich and Mad

Seventeen-year-olds Maddy Fisher and Rich Ross yearn for love, and after their first attempts at relationships go awry, they find one another and form a deep bond that can only be expressed one way.