William Nicholson is a screenwriter, playwright and novelist.

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Posted by jo

January 24th 2012

From reports, it seems protracted rehearsals for Les Miserables are about to begin. Are the screenwriter and the composing team also actively involved in this phase of film-making? Are there revisions that can happen if rehearsals are indicating that certain things may not work, say, in the portrayal of a character? Les Mis fans are eagerly awaiting the start of filming.

William Nicholson responded:

There may be minor changes, but really from now on it's all about preparing for filming. I think it's going to be stunning, by the way.

Posted by Sam

January 24th 2012

In the Noble Warriors Trilogy does Jango actually mean what it says in the book?

William Nicholson responded:

Not sure what you mean, but I suspect the answer is yes.

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Sunday Times January 1 2012

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The Golden Hour

Now available in hardback

Maggie and Andrew are lovers who live apart – Maggie in the country, Andrew in London. When Andrew is offered a job close to Maggie, moving in with her is the next obvious step. Or is it? Moving in together leads to marriage. Is this the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with?

Maggie panics. Andrew is devastated. But when he turns the tables on her, Maggie begins to see him rather differently.

Meanwhile Maggie’s Sussex neighbours are living through their own intense dilemmas. Henry’s midlife crisis is exacerbated by a plague of rabbits in his garden, but hiring petty criminal Terry to extend the fencing turns out rather badly. Henry’s wife Laura is secretly adored by her brother in law, Roddy. He hovers in the wings for the moment to declare himself; while screenwriter Alan’s efforts to convert a Grade II listed outbuilding to a workspace are thwarted by a maddening local planning officer – Maggie.

The stories of these and other characters entwine in a continuous dance over seven golden days of high summer. It is a human kaleidoscope that perfectly captures how familiar yet strange, passionate yet mundane, painful yet comic our everyday lives can be.

All the Hopeful Lovers

The sequel to ‘The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life’, set eight years later, in December 2008.

Gorgeous Chloe is now 19, and takes it upon herself to set Alice up with Jack, which would be great except Jack’s dreaming of Chloe… Chloe’s mother Belinda, aged 50, wistfully reflects how much better at sex she is now than when she was young, but she’d never be unfaithful to her husband Tom. So when she discovers he’s having an affair she’s more than angry….