Nick Warburton (TV, Radio & Stage)

Nick Warburton has written novels and scripts for stage, television and radio.

Seven of his novels for children and young adults have been published, as have shorter books for younger readers. The Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books in English (edited by Victor Watson) said, “Warburton is an unusually versatile writer and has written a number of distinguished works for older readers.” He was chosen as one of two “new writers with uncertain reputations [who] have in a few dazzling years established their stature as major authors.”

He has published short stories and stage plays. Some of these plays have also appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe.

He has run courses on creative writing up and down the country and (briefly) in West Africa for the British Council. He is a member of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, was on the judging panel for their children's book award in 1994, and chaired the same panel in 1995. He is a Visiting Fellow at University College Chichester.

Among more than thirty radio plays are Conversations from the Engine Room (joint-winner of the BBC/Radio Times Drama Award in 1985), an adaptation of Tolstoy's Resurrection, A Grove of Straight Trees (short-listed for the BBC/Radio Times Drama Award in 1993), an adaptation of Moonfleet and A Soldier’s Debt. Most recent radio plays include Mustard Seed, My Love Must Wait, Interviews, Our Late Supper, To Winchester and the 5-part adaptation of St Luke which will be broadcast in December 2007.

Among his children's books are The Thirteenth Owl, To Trust a Soldier, Ackford's Monster, You’ve Been Noodled and Lost in Africa.
He has written many scripts for the BBC television series Doctors, Holby City, Born and Bred and EastEnders.

A stage adaptation of Tolkien’s Farmer Giles of Ham toured East Anglia in 2002. In 2007 his play Touch Wood was performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, and original two-hander, For Starters, was performed there in 2004. In 2005 he was nominated for an Arts Foundation Fellowship (for comedy writing) by Alan Ayckbourn.

Winner of the 2005 Tinniswood Award for best radio play.

Nick was thrilled to be a guest interviewee on Test Match Special during their 50th Anniversary Celebrations this year.