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David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Us, One Day, The Understudy and Starter for Ten. His novels have sold over eight million copies worldwide and are published in forty languages. David trained as an actor before making the switch to writing. He is an award-winning screenwriter, with TV credits including the third series of Cold Feet, a much-praised modern version of Much Ado About Nothing, The 7.39 and an adaptation of Tess of the D’Urbervilles. David wrote the screenplays for Great Expectations (2012) and Far from the Madding Crowd (2015, starring Carey Mulligan). He recently won a BAFTA for Patrick Melrose, his adaptation of the novels by Edward St Aubyn, which also won him an Emmy nomination. His third novel, One Day, was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim, and stayed in the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list for ten weeks on publication. One Day won the 2010 Galaxy Book of the Year Award.
‘Even better than One Day.’ The Times
‘I was having to ration myself for fear of coming to the end too soon.’ Mail on Sunday
‘I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After.’ Jojo Moyes
‘A literary and anthropological tour de force . . . astute and packed with brilliant observations, about life, art, culture and the infinite possibilities for human disappointment. I honestly can’t imagine loving a novel much more.’ Christina Patterson, The Sunday Times
‘The kind of book that reminds us what it means to be alive.’ Good Housekeeping
‘US is a perfect book.’ Independent
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