Stan Nicholls
Stan Nicholls has been a full-time writer since 1981. He is the author of many novels and short stories but is best known for the internationally acclamied Orcs: First Blood series.
His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the Independent, The Daily Mirror, Time Out, Sight and Sound, Rolling Stone, SFX and Locus among many others.[1] Nicholls has worked for a number of specialists and general book shops including Dark They Were, And Golden Eyed and was the first manager of the London branch of Forbidden Planet.
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[edit] Awards
The first two books in the Orcs: First Blood series, Bodyguard of Lightning and Legion of Thunder, received best novel nominations at the 1999 British Fantasy Awards.[2] In 2007, Nicholls was awarded the Le'Fantastique Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Literature at the Trolls & Legendes Festival in Mons, Belgium.[3] His 2008 novel Orcs Bad Blood 1: Weapons of Magical Destruction was nominated for the inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award for best fantasy novel.[4]
Following on from "Weapons of Magical Destruction", part 2 in the "Bad Blood" Series, entitled "Army of Shadows" was released in October 2009. The final book in the trilogy is to be called "Bad Blood: Inferno" and will be released 29 December 2011.[dated info] A graphic novel, based in the "Orcs" universe is set for release in 2010/2011
He currently lives in the West Midlands with his wife, science fiction author Anne Gay.
[edit] Bibliography
Orcs
- First Blood: Bodyguard of Lightning
- First Blood: Legion of Thunder
- First Blood: Warriors of Tempest
- Bad Blood: Weapons of Magical Destruction
- Bad Blood: Army of Shadows
- Bad Blood: Inferno
Dreamtime Trilogy
- Quicksilver Rising / Covenant Rising
- Quicksilver Zenith / Righteous Blade
- Quicksilver Twilight / Diamond Isle
Nightshade Trilogy
- Book of Shadows
- Shadow of a Sorcerer
- Gathering of Shadows
[edit] References
- ^ "Author Bio at HarperCollins". HarperCollins. http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/28120/Stan_Nicholls/index.aspx. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ "Stan Nicholls". www.fantasticfiction.co.uk. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/stan-nicholls/. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ "Stan Nicholls receives lifetime achievement award". UK SF Book News. http://www.uksfbooknews.net/2007/04/16/stan-nicholls-receives-lifetime-achievement-award/.
- ^ "THE NOMINEES - The David Gemmell Legend Award". gemmellaward.ning.com. http://gemmellaward.ning.com/page/page/show?id=2323348%3APage%3A230. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
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