David Nicholls

David
Nicholls

Galaxy Book Award-winner for One Day, Richard and Judy bestseller for Starter for Ten, and now Man Booker Longlisted for Us, author David Nicholls trained as an actor before making the switch to writing. He has also written the screenplays for the film adaptations of his own novels, Starter for Ten (2006) which starred James McAvoy and One Day (2010), starring Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway.

Galaxy Book Award-winner for One Day, Richard and Judy bestseller for Starter for Ten, and now Man Booker Longlisted for Us, author David Nicholls trained as an actor before making the switch to writing. He has also written the screenplays for the film adaptations of his own novels, Starter for Ten (2006) which starred James McAvoy and One Day (2010), starring Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway.

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