David Nicholls trained as an actor before making the switch to writing. His TV credits include the third series of Cold Feet, Rescue Me, and I Saw You, as well as a much-praised modern version of Much Ado About Nothing and an adaptation of Tess of the D,Urbervilles, both for BBC TV. David has continued to write for film and TV as well as writing novels, and he has twice been nominated for BAFTA awards.David,s bestselling first novel, STARTER FOR TEN, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club in 2004, and David has written the screenplays for film versions of both STARTER FOR TEN (released in 2006, starring James McAvoy) and THE UNDERSTUDY (not yet released). His third novel, ONE DAY, was published in hardback in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim, and stayed in the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list for ten weeks on publication.
Perfection! Made me laugh, cry and marvel over Nicholls brilliantly crafted novel - The Canberra Times A book about friendship and more that will strike a chord with many. - Grazia Wonderful! You ll laugh, you ll cry as you follow the lives of Emma and Dexter over twenty years - Sunday Herald Sun This book opens up the pleasures - and errors of youth. The unconventional love story revisits one or other every year on the same date to follow their romantic flings, Dexter's television career and Emma's depressing stint in a Mexican take-away. With a tragic twist, this is a cautionary tale about seizing the day. - The Daily Telegraph An entertaining page-turner by the author of Starter For Ten that questions whether men and women can ever truly be friends, this unique love story revisits Em and Dex on the same day every year for two decades. It s endearing honesty will make you both cringe and cry. - Marie Claire David Nicholls achieved success with Starter for Ten, smart, laddish fiction Nicholls tells the story exclusively from one calendar day - the anniversary of Emma and Dexter first meeting, July 15 - over 20 years. It's an interesting device that leads to a compressed, fast-paced, emotional Rubik's Cube of a novel it's a clever and likeable fiction - The Age Relentlessly funny and heartbreaking. We predict a movie adaptation soon. - The
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