Welcome to my website. I’m a writer of books, novels and non-fiction, and occasionally a journalist, book reviewer, feature writer and essayist.  I also blog about walking (The Long Lost Walker), food (Psychogourmet) and photography (Nicholson Land). The themes and features of my work include leading characters with obsessions or mildly deranged views on life, interweaving storylines, hidden subcultures and societies, and a lot of black humour.  I’ve written more than 25 books including the Whitbread Prize shortlisted Bleeding London, and the novel What We Did on Our Holidays was made into the movie Permanent Vacation. My most recent book is The Suburbanist.

“Nicholson’s novels are distinguished by their quirky, daring imagination.” – Christopher Hart, Sunday Telegraph

We’re taking a little break, but please come back and check my What’s New page from time to time for details of future events.