William Nicholson

William Nicholson is a British playwright, screenwriter and novelist deemed one of the biggest cultural icons of the UK. His father was a specialist in tropical medicine who worked to eradicate leprosy in Nigeria while his mother was the daughter of a South African Jew that went to Somerville, where she graduated with a First class in English. His parents met on the ship to Lagos as his father was going back to work as a doctor while she was going to start a lecturing job at the British Council in Nigeria.

The best place to start is the Margery Williams Bianco's Childrens series, the earliest of William Nicholson's multi-book series: it opens with The Velveteen Rabbit (1922) and runs to 9 books across 1922–1939, ending with Other People's Houses (1939). William Nicholson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

William Nicholson has 42 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1922 and 2019. 20 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Margery Williams Bianco's Childrens series with 9 books — and 22 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. William Nicholson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Margery Williams Bianco's Childrens (1922–1939, 9 books), William Nicholson Poems (1999–2019, 2 books) and The Wind on Fire Trilogy (2000–2002, 3 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits William Nicholson's 42 books into 5 named series and 22 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Margery Williams Bianco's Childrens (9 books, 1922–1939); All The Hopeful Lovers (3 books, 2008–2012); Noble Warriors Trilogy (3 books, 2005–2007); The Wind on Fire Trilogy (3 books, 2000–2002); William Nicholson Poems (2 books, 1999–2019).