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 ^ "Chapter 1 Section A: Thesis Statement". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2007 . ^ Geraldine Bedell "All roads lead to Croydon", The Observer , 14 April 2002
External links Nigel Williams at IMDb Stalking Fiona on Granta website Nigel Williams and 'The Wimbledon Poisoner' article on the London Fictions website