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Nichols, Beverley

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Beverley NicholsJohn Beverley Nichols (September 9, 1898 – September 15, 1983), was an English writer, playwright, actor, novelist and composer who was related to British poet laureate John Masefield. He was born in Bristol and educated at Marlborough College and Balliol College Oxford. He was president of the Oxford Union and editor of Isis. As a journalist, he covered the notorious Thompson-Bywaters murder trial in the early 1920s. His long-term partner was Cyril Butcher. In addition to writing fiction, plays and nonfiction, Nichols was an editor and drama critic. He died at 85 from complications due to a fall.

 

Between his first novel Prelude published in 1920 and Twilight in 1982 Nichols wrote over 60 books and plays on topics such as travel, politics, religion, cats, novels, mysteries and children's stories, authoring six novels, five detective mysteries, four children's stories, six autobiographies, and six plays. He is perhaps best remembered as a writer for Woman's Own (as was fellow columnist Monica Dickens) and for his gardening books. His series detective was gardener Horatio Green.

 

Bibliography

No Man's Street (1954)

The Moonflower (1955; aka The Moonflower Murder)

Death to Slow Music (1956)

The Rich Die Hard (1957)

Murder by Request (1960)

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