Nick Nolan


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Topics of conversation:

  • Spiritual extremism
  • Gay exorcism
  • Radical right-wing religion
  • Reincarnation and its effects

Budding novelist Nick Nolan wrote his first mystery in 5th grade and kept angst-ridden journals (featuring lots of sad poetry) during his teen years, but then had to surrender his dream of becoming a writer to fund college. Then while building a happy life with his partner Jaime, Nick earned two degrees, worked extensively with homeless youth, rescued dogs, restored two homes, traveled extensively through Mexico, and owned scores of unusual cars -- including a Dodge Challenger once used in the Mod Squad television series.

Nick originally self-published his modern fairy tales Strings Attached and Double Bound, which both earned Book of the Year awards for Gay/Lesbian Fiction (2007 and 2009) from ForeWord Magazine, and Double Bound also received the ‘Reader’s Choice Award’ for Gay/Lesbian Fiction from Reader Views. After signing with AmazonEncore in 2009, Nolan began writing Black as Snow, based upon Snow White. Black as Snow is currently the #1 Kindle title in both Contemporary Fantasy Fiction and Science Fiction Adventure on Amazon, and is also #1 in Lesbian Fiction in the United Kingdom.

Today Nick, Jaime, and their two beloved retrievers divide their time between their home in the San Fernando Valley and a mountaintop cabin. Novel #4 is currently under construction.

Black as Snow

Nick Nolan
AmazonEncore (2011)
ISBN 9781612180052
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (9/11)


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Synopsis: Sebastian Black is gorgeous and charismatic – and he’s telepathic. So when his prophetess mother, Kitty Black, declares him ‘New Man,’ her tiny spiritual movement mushrooms. But when disciples die and Christian militants declare war on this ‘false messiah,’ Sebastian runs, seeking refuge. He meets ‘common’ people with unforgettable stories: an aging lesbian couple, a Mexican handyman; an anorexic woman, a meth addict; a gay teenager; an unthinking college jock. As Sebastian’s understanding of life deepens he drifts further from Kitty, who begins a plot to reel him back by conspiring with his enemies: followers of a dashing Spaniard who darkly mirrors Sebastian’s preternatural talents and beauty. But even Sebastian can’t foresee what happens next…

From Century City’s penthouses to Big Sur’s savage coastline, Black as snow twists the fairy tale Snow White into a suspense filled story of intrigue, spirituality, and greed-and the unyielding power of everyday love.