Beverley nichols biography for kids

English writer

John Beverley Nichols (9 September 1898 – 15 September 1983) was an English writer, playwright and public speaker.

Beverley nichols biography for kids

He wrote more than 60 books and plays.

Career

Between his first book, the novel Prelude (1920), and his last, a book of poetry, Twilight (1982), Nichols wrote more than 60 books. In addition to fiction, essays, theatre scripts and children's books, he wrote non-fiction works on travel, politics, religion, cats, parapsychology, and autobiography.

He contributed to many magazines and newspapers throughout his life, notably weekly columns for the London Sunday Chronicle newspaper (1932–1943) and Woman's Own magazine (1946–1967).^[2]

Nichols is notable for his books about his homes and gardens, the first of which, Down the Garden Path (1932), was illustrated by Rex Whistler, as were its two sequels.

It went through 32 editions and has remained in print almost continuously. The trilogy chronicled the difficulties