James W. Nichol (born 1940 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. His first novel, Midnight Cab, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.[1] He was also short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 2009.[2] He was the vice-president of Playwrights Canada and was playwright-in-residence at the National Art Centre.[3]
Nichol lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.