It gives the reader snapshots of Dex and Em’s life, like flipping through a stack of polaroids, just a flash of what was going on at a particular time. It will speak to those with similar personal experiences. Readers will either love or hate this book, I don’t think it there is much of a middle road with this one. Rarely am I left speechless, I usually have plenty to say, but as I reflected on this novel, I realized there would be no surefire way to describe this book. He has been twice nominated for BAFTA awards and his first novel, Starter for Ten was featured on the first Richard and Judy Book Club. Simpatico was turned into a feature film in 1999, and this allowed David to start writing full-time. He also wrote his first original script, a situation comedy about frustrated waiters, Waiting, which was later optioned by the BBC. This led to script-editing jobs at London Weekend Television and Tiger Aspect Productions.ĭuring this period, he began to write, developing an adaptation of Sam Shepard’s stage-play Simpatico with the director Matthew Warchus, an old friend from University. He worked sporadically as an actor for the next eight years, eventually earning a three year stint at the Royal National Theatre, followed by a job at BBC Radio Drama as a script reader/researcher. A student of Toynbee Comprehensive school and Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, he Graduated from the University of Bristol having studied English Literature and Drama.Īfter graduation, he won a scholarship to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, before returning to London in 1991 and finally earning an Equity card. David Nicholls is a British author, screenwriter, and actor.

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