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 [...]

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The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life

‘You are happily married. Suddenly your long-lost lover calls. Would you be tempted?’ Read the most recent Secret Intensity of Everyday Life review in The Observer  

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Crash

My new play fuelled by rage at bankers’ bonuses: ‘It’s a reunion of sorts, but you’d never guess they ever had anything in common to see them now. Nick: Securities Trader for Goldman Sachs and collector of art. Humphrey: an artist with ethics and a cheque he’s not sure he should cash. Christine: the beautiful [...]

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Rich and Mad

My novel for teens: First love, first sex, and everything in between. Why did I write Rich and Mad? Reviews Falling in love for the first time is also the primary theme of William Nicholson’s compelling and funny Rich and Mad, now out in paperback. An astonishingly versatile author, who has written plays and screenplays [...]

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