Stan Nicholls

My Orcs: First Blood trilogy - Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest - published in the UK by Gollancz, is a worldwide bestseller, with over a million copies sold as of June 2007; and the associated story ‘The Taking’ was shortlisted for the 2001 British Fantasy Award. My current project is a return to the Orcs series with the publication of a new trilogy entitled Orcs: Bad Blood, the first volume of which appears in Autumn 2008.
My twenty-third book, Quicksilver Twilight, the final volume in the Quicksilver trilogy, beginning with Quicksilver Rising and Quicksilver Zenith, was published by HarperCollins/Voyager in October 2006.
Most of my books are in the fantasy and science fiction genres, and I've written for both adult and young readers. Titles include Strange Invaders, Fade to Black, The Nightshade Chronicles trilogy and Wordsmiths of Wonder: Fifty Interviews With Writers of the Fantastic. I adapted David Gemmell’s Legend and Wolf in Shadow into graphic novel form; novelised the TV series Dark Skies, and wrote authorised biographies of puppet-master Gerry Anderson and soap star William Roache.
My books have been published in more than 20 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Spain and the US. Many covers from these editions can be viewed in the Pics section.
Before taking up writing full-time in 1981, I co-owned and managed West London bookstore Bookends, and managed specialist sf bookshop Dark They Were and Golden Eyed. I was Forbidden Planet’s first manager, and helped establish and run the New York branch.
A journalist for national and specialist publications, and the Internet, I was for six years Time Out magazine’s sf and fantasy book reviewer, and I've reviewed popular science titles for the magazine.
I'm married to psychotherapist Anne Nicholls, who writes self-help books and journalism under that name, and sf/fantasy as Anne Gay.
You can find my official website at www.stannicholls.com
And you can email me direct at [email protected]
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I'm proud to announce that I was the recipient of the Le'Fantastique Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Literature. Presented by the kind folk at the Trolls & Legendes Festival in Mons, Belgium, 7th-8th April 2007, it sits majestcally on our living room mantlepiece!
Find out more about Trolls & Legendes here:
www.trolls-et-legendes.be
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Stan Nicholls is a member of fantasy writers collective The Write Fantastic. The other members are Sarah Ash, Chaz Brenchley, Mark Chadbourn, Juliet E. McKenna, Deborah J. Miller and Jessica Rydill. The Write Fantastic can be found on My Space here:
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