
After an adaptation of the stageplay Simpatico was made into a feature film, David began writing full-time.ĭavid Nicholls became a published novelist in 2003 with the novel Starter for Ten. David went on to get more script editing work and began to write, including an original script – a sitcom about frustrated waiters titled “Waiting” that was optioned by the BBC. He spent the next several years trying to make it as an actor before landing a spot with the Royal National Theatre (lasting three years) and then a job with BBC Radio Drama as a script reader/researcher. In his youth Douglas Petersen fell in love with the last woman anyone, including himself, expected him to be with. David was named Author of the Year at the 2014 National Book Awards after his. David Nicholls, author of the phenomenally successful One Day, delivers again with Us, a bittersweet family drama that was long-listed for the Booker Prize. Published in 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, winning the 2010 Galaxy Book of the Year Award. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim. Following graduation, David won a scholarship for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City and later returned to London and earned his Equity card. David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Sweet Sorrow, Us, The Understudy and Starter for Ten. He was educated at Toynbee Comprehensive School and Barton Peveril Sixth Form College and graduated from the University of Bristol, studying English Lit and Drama. David Nicholls is a British author and screenwriter.
