Peter_Nichols_(author)
Peter Nichols (author)
American author, journalist
Peter Brayton Nichols (born August 13, 1950) is an American author. He is known for his bestsellers, βThe Rocks,β (2015, a novel); A Voyage for Madmen, (2001, nonfiction), which was a finalist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year),[1] and Evolution's Captain, (2003, nonfiction). His novel Voyage to the North Star was a Book Of The Month Club main selection and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.[2]
Nichols has taught creative writing at Georgetown University, NYU Paris, Bowdoin College, the University of Arizona, and the writing programs at Fairfield University (Connecticut), the University of Arkansas at Monticello, and Antioch University Los Angeles.[3]