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English novelist, screenwriter and playwright
Williams at the 66th Annual Peabody Awards in 2007
Nigel Williams (born 20 January 1948) is an English
novelist ,
screenwriter and
playwright .
Biography
Williams was born in
Cheadle ,
Cheshire . He was educated at
Highgate School , north London and
Oriel College, Oxford , is married with three sons and lives in
Putney , southwest
London .
[1] After graduating from Oxford, Williams joined the BBC as a general trainee, and worked as an arts producer for the corporation, eventually becoming the editor of
Omnibus and Bookmark .
[2]
His first novel My Life Closed Twice won the 1978
Somerset Maugham Award . For his screen adaptation of
William Horwood 's
Skallagrigg (1994) he won a
television BAFTA . Williams was also the primary scriptwriter for the second season – based on Greek myths – of the acclaimed
Jim Henson's Storyteller series.
Williams' most successful work has been the 2005 TV drama
Elizabeth I , being himself nominated for an
Emmy Award for his script and winning multiple awards for the film and its star,
Helen Mirren .
Bibliography
Novels
1977 – My Life Closed Twice (
Secker & Warburg )
1980 – Jack Be Nimble (Secker & Warburg)
1983 –
Johnny Jarvis (
Penguin , based on his teleplay)
1984 – Charlie (
Methuen , based on his teleplay)
1985 – Star Turn (
Faber & Faber )
1987 – Witchcraft , (Faber & Faber)
1988 – Black Magic (
Hutchinson Novella )
1988 – Breaking Up (Faber & Faber, based on his teleplay)
1989 – Buttons in the Marsh (Faber & Faber, based on his stageplay)
The Wimbledon Trilogy :
1990 – The Wimbledon Poisoner (Faber & Faber)
1992 – They Came from SW19 (Faber & Faber)
1993 – East of Wimbledon (Faber & Faber)
1994 – Scenes from a Poisoner's Life (Faber & Faber)
1997 – Stalking Fiona (
Granta )
1999 – Fortysomething (Penguin)
2002 – Hatchett & Lycett (Penguin)
2013 – Unfaithfully Yours (Corsair)
2016 – Waking Up Dead
ISBN
978-1-250-09246-5
Plays
1974 – Marbles (
Bush Theatre )
1976 – Square One
1976 – Double Talk (London)
1977 – Snowwhite Washes Whiter and Deadwood (Bristol)
1978 –
Class Enemy (
Royal Court Theatre )
1979 – Easy Street (Bristol)
1980 – Line 'em (
Cottesloe Theatre )
1980 – Sugar and Spice (Royal Court)
1980 – Trial Run (Playhouse, Oxford)
1982 – The Adventures of Jasper Ridley (Hull)
1982 – W.C.P.C. (
Half Moon Theatre )
1985 – My Brother's Keeper (Greenwich)
1985 – Deathwatch (Birmingham Rep)
1986 – Country Dancing (Other Place Theatre,
RSC )
1987 – As it Was (Edinburgh)
1988 – Consequences (Croydon)
1988 – Breaking up
1989 – Buttons in the Marsh (
Cheltenham Festivals )
1989 – Nativity (
Tricycle Theatre )
1995 –
Lord of the Flies (adaptation) (Other Place)
1996 – The Last Romantics (Greenwich)
1996 – Harry and Me (Royal Court)
2008 – MyFace (
Cottesloe Theatre )
2009 –
HR (five series comedy drama for
BBC Radio 4 )
Non-fiction
References
External links
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