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John Arthur Nichol

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As an adult reader, I’m most drawn to books that involve mystery and suspense. But I also love a good laugh, and one of my all-time favourite books is Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis.

Science fiction and crime are my go-to genres for mystery and suspense. I take the laughter wherever I can find it.

In my writing for children the same three elements emerge; mainly because I can’t help it, but then I think children love mystery, suspense and laughter as much as I do. Sascha Martin’s Adventures and Through the Wormhole (which will also be a series) are unabashed science fiction. Sascha Martin is all about the laughter. Wormholes covers the mystery and suspense … but it’s not all deadly serious.

My other project, T&DC, slips darkly into the crime genr ...more

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	Sascha Martin's Rocket-Ship (Sascha Martin's Adventures,# 1). by John Arthur Nichol (Goodreads Author), Manuela Pentangelo (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 438 ratings — 7 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
	Through the Wormhole 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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
	Sascha Martin's Time Machine by John Arthur Nichol (Goodreads Author), Manuela Pentangelo (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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 Fifth Line: Limericks After Lear by John Arthur Nichol (Goodreads Author), Rory Walker (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 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
	Sascha Martin's Time Machine: A Kids' Scifi Adventure That Will Have You in Stitches. It's Funny, Too by John Arthur Nichol (Goodreads Author), Manuela Pentangelo (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Next Hundred Lears: Limericks After Lear by John Arthur Nichol (Goodreads Author), Rory Walker (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Sascha Martin's Super Ball: His worst disaster yet, by leaps and bounds by John Arthur Nichol (Goodreads Author), Manuela Pentangelo (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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
	Sascha Martin's Christmas Eve: It's a Magical Journey, or Else! by John Arthur Nichol (Goodreads Author), Manuela Pentangelo (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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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	Sascha Martin's Rocket-Ship: Volume 1 by John Arthur Nichol (2016-06-10) by John Arthur Nichol (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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John Arthur Nichol's Blog: Developing a Children's Picture Book

Sascha Martin's Time Machine: The Storyboard Develops

Well we're certainly storyboarding in earnest now for Sascha Martin's Time Machine. The files are flying back and forth between Sydney and Sant'Antioco.

Sascha Martin's Time Machine pages-8-and-9-350 As destruction rains down on the classroom, Mary-Alice Cooper sees her opportunity. This is a development of Manuela's sketch that I included with the post on August 28.

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John Nichol said: " As Adrienne and her friends fight the Void Union’s battles against creatures that shouldn’t exist, a chance encounter brings Adrienne face to face with the darkness and terror she’d fled years earlier. Geralt and his fleshwriters have picked up her t ...more "

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