Mike Nicol


Mike Nicol is a South African writer and journalist.

Biography

After completing his studies in Johannesburg, he worked as a journalist for the Leadership magazine.
In 1978, he published Among the Souvenirs, a collection of poems that won the Ingrid Jonker Prize in 1980. Mike Nicol is also one of the major authors of the South African thriller, with Deon Meyer and Roger Smith.

Poetry

Among the Souvenirs Ingrid Jonker Prize 1979
  • ''This Sad Place''

Novels

The Powers That Be This Day and Age Horseman The Ibis Tapestry Payback Killer Country Black Heart Out to Score Of Cops & Robbers Power Play Agents of the State The Rabbit Hole
  • ''Hammerman: A Walking Shadow''

Short stories

  • ''Bra Henry''

Non fiction

A Good-Looking Corpse A Waiting Country. A South African Witness The Invisible Line. The Life and Photography of Ken Oosterbroek Sea-Mountain, Fire City. Living in Cape Town at the Turn of the 20th Century The Firm: a Biography of Webber Wentzel Bowens Mandela. The Authorised Portrait John Lennon – Imagine Monkey Business. The Murder of Anni Dewani – the facts, the fiction, the spin
  • ''Mandela. Celebrating the Legacy''

Books for teens

Africana Animals
  • ''What Daddy Loves''

Prize and awards