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| birth_place = ], Hampshire
| occupation = Novelist, screenwriter, former actor
| nationality = British
| period = 1999–present
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'''David Alan Nicholls'''<ref name=birth>''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England and Wales, 1837–2006''. '''6B'''. p.&nbsp;1327.</ref> (born 30 November 1966) is an English novelist and screenwriter.

==Background==
Nicholls is the middle of three siblings. He attended ] at ], Hampshire, from 1983 to 1985 (taking A-levels in Drama and Theatre Studies along with English, Physics and Biology), and playing a wide range of roles in college drama productions. He attended ], as did ], with whom he would later collaborate in '']''.<ref name="cd">{{cite news|first= Janet|last= Murray|title= College days|url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2016515,00.html|work= ]|date= 20 February 2007|accessdate=13 July 2008 | location=London}}</ref> He then attended ] in the 1980s (graduating with a BA in Drama and English in 1988<ref>{{cite web|title=Notable alumni – Faculty of Arts|url= http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/featured/arts/|publisher= University of Bristol Alumni|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref>) before training as an actor at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.

Throughout his 20s, he worked as a professional actor using the stage name David Holdaway. He played small roles at various theatres, including the ] and, for a three year period, at the ].

==Writing career==
===Novels===
His novels include '']'' (2003), '']'' (2005), and '']'' (2009).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4933690/More-University-Challenge-Cheats.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=More University Challenge Cheats? As Corpus Christi are stripped of their champions title and last year's winners are also accused of cheating, can any quiz be good clean fun? | first=David | last=Nicholls | date=4 March 2009 | accessdate=1 May 2010}}</ref>

===Screenwriting===
As a screenwriter, he co-wrote the adapted screenplay of '']'' and contributed four scripts to the ] of '']'' (both 2000).<ref name="cd"/> For the latter, he was nominated for a ] for Best New Writer (Fiction).<ref>{{cite web|title= Craft Nominations 2000|url= http://www.bafta.org/awards/television-craft/nominations/?year=2000|publisher= ]|accessdate=27 April 2008}}</ref> He created the ] pilot and miniseries '']'' (2000, 2002) and the ] six-part series '']'' (2002). ''Rescue Me'' lasted for only one series before being cancelled. Nicholls had written four episodes for the second series before being told of the cancellation. His anger over this led to him taking a break from screenwriting to concentrate on writing ''Starter for Ten''.<ref>{{cite web|first= Will|last= Martin|title= Sally Phillips interview|url= http://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/tv/v/3438-sally-phillips-interview.html|publisher= LastBroadcast.co.uk|date= 29 February 2008|accessdate=16 July 2008}}</ref> When he returned to screenwriting, he adapted '']'' into a one-hour segment of the BBC's 2005 '']'' season. His latest novel, ''One Day'', was made into a ] starring ] and ].

In 2006, his film adaptation '']'' was released in cinemas. The following year, he wrote '']'', an adaptation of the memoir by Blake Morrison. His adaptation of '']'' for the BBC aired in 2008, and is he now working on an adaptation of '']'' for ].<ref>{{cite news|first= Stuart|last= Kemp|title= BBC Films has diverse slate|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i7c5c16b2d6b9258ea88d121088522f85|work= ]|date= 18 May 2008|accessdate=18 May 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He has also adapted '']''; the screenplay has been listed on the 2009 Brit List, an annual industry poll of the best unmade scripts outside the United States.<ref>{{cite news|author= Dawtrey, Adam|date= 5 October 2009|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/oct/05/james-corden-brit-list|title= Good Luck Anthony Belcher tops Brit list of unmade scripts|publisher= guardian.co.uk (Guardian News & Media)|accessdate=5 October 2009 | location=London}}</ref>

===Theatre===
In 2005 he wrote ''Aftersun'' for the ]'s 24-Hour Play festival. The 10-minute play starred ], ], ] and ]. Nicholls developed ''Aftersun'' into a one-off comedy for BBC One. It starred ] and ] and was broadcast in 2006.<ref>{{cite press release|title= Comedy dramas on BBC One|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/08_august/24/comedy_aftersun2.shtml|date= 24 August 2006|accessdate=16 July 2008|publisher= BBC Press Office}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Nicholls, David (19 March 2005). "". ''The Guardian''.
* Nicholls, David (31 October 2006). "". ''The Guardian''.

==External links==
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* at Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency
* in the '']''
*{{imdb name|id=0629467|name= David Nicholls}}

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