Author Bio • Birth—November 30, 1966 • Where—Hampshire, England, UK • Education—B.A., Bristol University; American Musical and Dramatic Academy • Currently—lives in London, England David Nicholls is an English novelist and screenwriter. Sweet Sorrow is a poignant and funny story about the life-changing summer of 16 year-old Charlie Lewis. They will also be answering your questions. Us is a pleasurable read with short, comic chapters that also treads on satisfying emotional territory. David Nicholls has written four novels and is an experienced screen writer. by The Guardian Live £5.83 – £11.06 Actions and Detail Panel. Please join us for a new online Book Club, ... the creative process and isolation. Bring your own wine! Book Club with David Nicholls. They will also be answering your questions. Acclaimed novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls will talk about his most recent book, Sweet Sorrow. Sweet Sorrow is a poignant and funny story about the life-changing summer of 16 year-old Charlie Lewis. He took A-levels in Drama and Theatre Studies as well as English, Physics and Biology (hello Douglas) at college. About David Nicholls. Us is very David Nicholls, but with the next novel he might usefully let himself go a bit more. Bring your own wine! I pre-ordered Us because it is by David Nicholls, the same Author that wrote the exceptional One Day. It's possible to be cynical about reading a book that is expected to be a big commercial juggernaut, or a gateway to something bigger and more lucrative (the film) – but seeing Us through that lens would underestimate a book that is, as it should be, more than a pre-screenplay "treatment." “The Petersen family travels through Europe with more emotional baggage than luggage in Nicholls’s winning follow-up to his 2009 bestseller One Day….Few authors do messed-up relationships better than Nicholls.”(People, Book of the Week)“Nicholls is a deft craftsman, a skilled storyteller and a keen observer of contemporary mores.” (Jay McInerney, New York Times Book Review) His novels include Starter for Ten (2003), The Understudy (2005), One Day (2009), and Us (2014). As a reader you want to know, as Douglas does, whether they is still an “Us” at the end of the “grand tour”. David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day and Us. • Mark Lawson's The Deaths is published by Picador. We’re looking for 10 book champions so if you would like to volunteer, please let us know.We give each a FREE copy of the book of the month in return for hearing what you think of it. David Nicholls, born in 1966, is an English novellist and screenwriter. His debut novel Starter For Ten became one of the big hits of 2004. Just like last month, we’ll let our book club subscribers have some key points about the book to think about throughout the month and in the meantime, enjoy! They will also be answering your questions. Early years I really wanted to like Us , but up to the same standards as One Day it was not. Overall Us by David Nicholls was OK, it’s the sort of book you’ll only read once and wont change your life. Bring your own wine! Acclaimed novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls will talk about his most recent book, Sweet Sorrow. One Day was a number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, winning the 2010 Galaxy Book of the Year Award.