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Scott Nicholson

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut ...more

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February 2010

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With more than 800,000 books sold worldwide, Scott Nicholson is an international bestselling thriller writer. He won the Writers of the Future Award in 1999 and was a Stoker Award finalist in 2003. His Fear series was published by Amazon's Thomas & Mercer imprint and 47North released the supernatural thriller McFALL.

He's also published a number of supernatural, paranormal, and fantasy books and stories, including the AFTER, NEXT, and ARIZE post-apocalyptic series, as well as children's books, comics, and screenplays. His 2006 novel The Home is in development as a feature film. ...more

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In the dim ancient past, corner stores would give you a nickel for recycled drink bottles, so you could get your wagon, prowl the ditches, and end up with maybe a whole dollar for half a day's work. The tough choice was then whether to buy a drink with actual drink in it and a candy bar or two, a pack or two of cards, a comic book, or usually a little of all of the above.

I still have some cards pu

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Scott Nicholson’s books

Average rating: 3.66 · 34,889 ratings · 3,687 reviews · 208 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Shock (After, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 3,041 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Church (Sheriff Frank Littlefield, #1) 3.48 avg rating — 2,972 ratings — published 2002 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Write Good or Die by Scott Nicholson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gayle Lynds (Goodreads Author), Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 1,872 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Harvest 3.49 avg rating — 1,406 ratings — published 2000 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Light (After, #0.5) 3.76 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Home 3.53 avg rating — 983 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Echo (After #2) 3.89 avg rating — 819 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liquid Fear 3.24 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Afterburn (Next, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speed Dating with the Dead 3.45 avg rating — 863 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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After (6 books)
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Sheriff Frank Littlefield (2 books)
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3.52 avg rating — 3,612 ratings

Next (6 books)
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4.02 avg rating — 1,372 ratings

Fear (2 books)
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3.32 avg rating — 1,303 ratings

Solom (3 books)
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3.68 avg rating — 960 ratings

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“The rain fell like dead bullets.”
― Scott Nicholson

tags: bullets, crow-like, depression, noir, rain

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“Then on your tombstone, where you only get a little bit of space to sum up your life, some wax-faced creep chisels a set of meaningless numbers instead of poetry or a secret love or the name of your favorite candy.

In the end, all you get is a few words.”
― Scott Nicholson

tags: death, epitaph, realization, simplicity, tombstone

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“Some artists are normal people who just happen to make things because we can't figure out how in the hell to communicate with people.”
― Scott Nicholson, The Manor

tags: artists, communication

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Polls

October is Halloween Horror Month! We are going straight to book selection since we already know the genre. Discussion will start on October 11. Last day to vote in this poll will be Tuesday, September 13.

Deborah Harkness

6 votes, 37.5%

Stephen M. Irwin

5 votes, 31.3%

Carrie Ryan

2 votes, 12.5%

Scott Nicholson

1 vote, 6.3%

Stephen King

1 vote, 6.3%

Joe Hill

1 vote, 6.3%

16 total votes

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Scott’s Quotes

“You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?”
― Mark Twain

tags: books-bible

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“When you get right down to it, everybody's having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everyone. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

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“Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

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Scott’s Friend Comments

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message 19: by Ms. Nikki

Aug 19, 2013 11:54PM

Thanks for the friend-vite, Scott :)

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message 18: by Yulia

Aug 07, 2013 10:56AM

Hello, Scott,thanks for friendship.

Wow,I've never had a friend author :-)
Where can I find anything yours to read?

Yulia

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message 17: by Davonna

Jan 26, 2013 04:16PM

Thanks for the friendship, Scott! :D Stay creepy!

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message 16: by Scott

May 15, 2012 05:39AM

Christine wrote: "thanks for being my friend"

Christine, thank you for connecting with me on GR!

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message 15: by Scott

May 15, 2012 05:39AM

Melissa wrote: "Hi Scott,

I wanted to stop by to thank you for the eBookSwag invite. I did come across the link on another page before I saw the GR invite e-mail so it's too late for me to reply and thank you on ..."

Hi Melissa, thanks for visiting-we have some big plans ahead for eBookSwag!

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message 14: by Christine

May 13, 2012 05:04AM

thanks for being my friend

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message 13: by Scott

May 01, 2012 06:56PM

thanks Fran, I thought we were already connected here but I guess that was the other four thousand social circles!

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message 12: by Fran

Apr 30, 2012 08:19AM

Hey ya', Scott!

It's always a pleasure to see you. I hope life and writing are flowing smoothly for you.

Happy Monday,
Fran

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message 11: by Scott

Dec 19, 2011 01:17PM

Paul wrote: "Hi Scott, thanks for the friend request

just new to this site so still finding my way around it, looking forward to a good ereading 2012 :)"

thanks Paul, looking forward to it!

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message 10: by Paul

Dec 19, 2011 10:52AM

Hi Scott, thanks for the friend request

just new to this site so still finding my way around it, looking forward to a good ereading 2012 :)

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message 9: by Scott

Nov 23, 2011 05:44PM

Roxy wrote: "Hi Scott!
It's great to meet you, thank you very much for the friends request :)"

hi Roxy, thank you for connecting!

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message 8: by Scott

Nov 23, 2011 05:44PM

Recluse wrote: "Scott,

Just wanted to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving."

thanks Recluse, you too. I try to give thanks every day but sometimes I forget.

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message 7: by Jon Recluse

Nov 23, 2011 02:25PM

Scott,

Just wanted to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.

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message 6: by ✟Roxanne✟(Death by Book Avalanche) ☠

Nov 06, 2011 02:35PM

Hi Scott!
It's great to meet you, thank you very much for the friends request :)

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message 5: by Blaise

Aug 04, 2011 04:08PM

I just finished As I Die Lying and would like to say it was a wonderful book. It had the grit and mood of a Stephen King mixed with the creativity and polish of Neil Gaiman. It is such an honor to be able to tell you this directly. Mr. Nicholson, you are my favorite author.

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message 4: by Dustin

Jul 25, 2011 09:54PM