Brief description:
Peter Nichols is the author of the bestselling novel The Rocks, the nonfiction bestsellers A Voyage for Madmen, Evolution's Captain, and three other books of fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. His novel Voyage to the North Star was nominated for the Dublin IMPAC literary award. His journalism has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He has an MFA degree from Antioch University Los Angeles, and has taught creative writing at Georgetown University, Bowdoin College, and New York University in Paris. Before turning to writing full time, he held a 100 ton USCG Ocean Operator's license and was a professional yacht delivery skipper for 10 years. He has also worked in advertising in London, as a screenwriter in Los Angeles, a shepherd in Wales. He has sailed alone in a small boat across the Atlantic and is a member of the Explorers Club of New York. He divides his time between Europe and the United States.
Review Quotes:
"A well-written and lively tale, filled with insightful analysis and telling details." - Seattle Times
"A detailed ... portrait of a man whose talents should have earned him a higher place in history." - Kirkus Reviews
"A fascinating account ... a finely researched, engaging book." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"This engrossing account of Fitzroy's life reads like the finest historical fiction." - Sunday Telegraph
"A fascinating account." - Edmonton Sun
"Nichols delivers a dramatic, highly colored narrative about the head-on collision between two worldviews." - Washington Post
"Marvelous...a fascinating and expert amalgam of history, science, anthropology and adventure." - Derek Lundy, author of The Way of a Ship
"[It's] hard not to share Nichols' fascination with how FitzRoy...inadvertantly set off a scientfic controversy." - Publishers Weekly
"A powerful story played out against a beguiling landscape." - New York Times Book Review