john arthur nichol

For many years I was a teacher; then a website entrepreneur, but that business disappeared in a single night. Now I work each day for a large organisation, and live on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Two of my adult children are also in Sydney. The other has moved to Melbourne. (I know! Why?)

As an adult reader, I’m most drawn to books that involve mystery and suspense. But I also love a good laugh. One of my all-time favourite books is Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis. I'm enjoying books by Ty Hutchinson at the moment.

Science fiction and crime are my go-to genres for mystery and suspense. I take the laughter wherever I can find it.

I write books for children, and the same three elements emerge in my writing; mainly because I can’t help it, but also because children, I think, love mystery, laughter and suspense every bit as much as I do. Sascha Martin’s Adventures and Through the Wormhole (which will also be a series) are unabashed science fiction. Sascha Martin is all about the laughter. Wormholes covers the mystery and suspense; but it’s not all deadly serious ... How could it be, with four kids bickering their way through every adventure?

John Arthur Nichol