The Life Game

Nigel Watts (1957-1999) was a British novelist and children's writer with interests in oriental philosophy and Sufism, who earned a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of East Anglia. His debut novel, The Life Game (1989), won the Betty Trask Award, and he authored other works including the science fiction novel Twenty Twenty (1995) and the writing guide Writing a Novel and Getting Published. He lectured on spirituality and creativity, broadcast for BBC Radio, and tragically took his own life in November 1999. Read more →