Nigel Hinton
Encyclopedia
Nigel Hinton is an English
novelist.
. He enjoys swimming, walking and films, and loves listening to music, especially blues, rock and roll from the 1950s, and the work of Bob Dylan
. He has been married to Rolande Lager since 1980.
trilogy for teenagers and the Beaver Towers stories for younger children. His novel The Finders won the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Collision Course won the Dutch Silver Pen Award. Out of the Darkness won the Lancashire Book Award and the Stockport Book Award. His novel Time Bomb, set in 1949 in the area he grew up, won the 2006 Rotherham Book Award. He has adapted some of his novels for the screen, notably Buddy
which was made into a BBC TV series, and Buddy's Song
which was made into a feature film. Both films starred Roger Daltrey
as Buddy's dad. He has also written a number of original scripts for TV and the theatre.
Hinton's work is used widely in schools, and Buddy has been one of the best selling novels for teenagers in the last twenty five years. Teachers particularly appreciate his novels because they appeal to a wide range of pupil ability and are even enjoyed by teenage boys who don't usually like reading.
Hinton's style is deceptively simple, disguising the craft which has gone into creating such complex and interesting characters and plots written in seemingly effortless, accessible and direct prose.
Series contributed to
(1986)
Cafe des Reves (BBC Education French Series)
Clementine (BBC Education French Series)
Isabel (BBC Education Spanish Series)
The Reaper (ITV PLayhouse)
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
novelist.
Personal life and family
Nigel Hinton was born in London in 1941, and attended Dulwich CollegeDulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
. He enjoys swimming, walking and films, and loves listening to music, especially blues, rock and roll from the 1950s, and the work of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
. He has been married to Rolande Lager since 1980.
Career
Hinton worked in advertising for two years, then taught English for nine years. He then worked as a professional actor and did some part-time teaching before deciding to concentrate on writing. He has written at least nineteen novels from Collision Course (1976) to Ghost Game (2011) including the BuddyBuddy (novel)
Buddy is written by Nigel Hinton.The main characters are Buddy Clark, his mother, Carol Clark and Terry Clark, Buddy's father.The story deals with issues such as racism, thieving and child neglect.....The book was made into a TV series in 1986....
trilogy for teenagers and the Beaver Towers stories for younger children. His novel The Finders won the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Collision Course won the Dutch Silver Pen Award. Out of the Darkness won the Lancashire Book Award and the Stockport Book Award. His novel Time Bomb, set in 1949 in the area he grew up, won the 2006 Rotherham Book Award. He has adapted some of his novels for the screen, notably Buddy
Buddy (TV series)
Buddy was a BBC schools drama, based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Hinton. It was shown as part of the social studies strand....
which was made into a BBC TV series, and Buddy's Song
Buddy's Song (film)
Buddy's Song is a 1991 film starring Chesney Hawkes, Roger Daltrey, Sharon Duce and Michael Elphick, based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Hinton....
which was made into a feature film. Both films starred Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also...
as Buddy's dad. He has also written a number of original scripts for TV and the theatre.
Hinton's work is used widely in schools, and Buddy has been one of the best selling novels for teenagers in the last twenty five years. Teachers particularly appreciate his novels because they appeal to a wide range of pupil ability and are even enjoyed by teenage boys who don't usually like reading.
Hinton's style is deceptively simple, disguising the craft which has gone into creating such complex and interesting characters and plots written in seemingly effortless, accessible and direct prose.
Teenage Fiction
- Collision Course (1976)
- Getting Free (1978)
- BuddyBuddy (novel)Buddy is written by Nigel Hinton.The main characters are Buddy Clark, his mother, Carol Clark and Terry Clark, Buddy's father.The story deals with issues such as racism, thieving and child neglect.....The book was made into a TV series in 1986....
(1982) - Buddy's Song (1987)
- Buddy's Blues (1995)
- Out of the Darkness (1998)
- Ship of Ghosts (1999)
- Partners in Crime (2003)
- Until proven Guilty (2006)
- 2 Die 4 (2009)
Series contributed to
- Ghost Game (2011) part of the Heroes series
Children's Fiction
- Beaver Towers (1980)
- Beaver Towers the Witch's Revenge (1981)
- Beaver Towers the Dangerous Journey (1986)
- The Finders (1993)
- Beaver Towers the Dark Dream (1997)
- Time Bomb (2005)
- Walk the Wild Road (2009) (previously published as The Road from Home)
Television
BuddyBuddy (TV series)
Buddy was a BBC schools drama, based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Hinton. It was shown as part of the social studies strand....
(1986)
Cafe des Reves (BBC Education French Series)
Clementine (BBC Education French Series)
Isabel (BBC Education Spanish Series)
The Reaper (ITV PLayhouse)