Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ

Nigel Bird

Nigel Bird’s Followers (74)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Becky
5,525 books | 314 friends

Emily
15,195 books | 4,987 friends

Dave
14,465 books | 1,873 friends

Stephania
2,014 books | 413 friends

R Allan
3,123 books | 1,184 friends

Joyce Y...
241 books | 1,799 friends

Jess Mo...
793 books | 242 friends

Marcus
34,399 books | 1,459 friends

More friends�

Nigel Bird

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author


Website

Twitter

Genre

Member Since
February 2011

URL


Nigel Bird is the author of the Rat Pack series, The Shallows, the Southsiders series, In Loco Parentis, Smoke, Mr Suit and Dirty Old Town as well as a number of other novels, novellas and collections.

His work has appeared in a number of prestigious magazines and collections, including 2 editions of The Best Of British Crime,The Reader, Crimespree and Needle.

He is currently an editorial consultant for the publisher All Due Respect books.

He lives on the East Coast of Scotland in Dunbar (Sunny Dunny) with his wife and three children.

As well as writing fiction, he has been a teacher for thirty years and has worked in a number of mainstream and special schools.



To ask Nigel Bird questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Nigel Bird Hi Helen. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you. I'll have a look around and see if there's anything I can find out for you. There must be a s…m´Ç°ù±ðHi Helen. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you. I'll have a look around and see if there's anything I can find out for you. There must be a simple solution out there somewhere and if I find it I'll get back to you. (less)
Nigel Bird I've just completed the edits for my publisher for a short novel set in Edinburgh. Now that's done, I can focus upon the sequel and hope that it does …m´Ç°ù±ðI've just completed the edits for my publisher for a short novel set in Edinburgh. Now that's done, I can focus upon the sequel and hope that it does the first book justice.(less)
Average rating: 3.82 · 1,028 ratings · 240 reviews · 48 distinct works â€� Similar authors
Dirty Old Town and Other St...

3.75 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Pulp Ink

by
3.87 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Shallows

3.96 avg rating — 91 ratings4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Southsiders - That's All Ri...

3.63 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Beat on the Brat and Other ...

3.92 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
In Loco Parentis

2.92 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Smoke

4.16 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
How To Choose A Sweetheart

3.11 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Let It Snow (The Rat Pack #1)

3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Mr Suit

3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Nigel Bird…

One Man's Opinion: STARTER FOR TEN by DAVID NICHOLLS


It's a snooker final day, so the University Challenge final has been knocked back from its rightful place until next Monday, which is okay by me as it simply delays the fun. 
I'm not an addict, but I'm a fairly avid watcher. Not that I can answer many of the questions. I tune in to marvel at the capacity of human minds and to enjoy the tension, pleasure and pain that comes with any competetive Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Published on May 05, 2025 01:35
Let It Snow My Funny Valentine Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
(3 books)
by
3.96 avg rating — 56 ratings

Ain’t That a Kick...
Nigel Bird is currently reading
by Nigel Bird (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Nigel’s Recent Updates

Nigel Bird wrote a new blog post

One Man's Opinion: STARTER FOR TEN by DAVID NICHOLLS



It's a snooker final day, so the University Challenge final has been knocked back from its rightful place until next Monday, which is okay by me as i Read more of this blog post »
Nigel Bird rated a book liked it
My True Nature by Michael Jones
Rate this book
Clear rating
Nigel Bird rated a book liked it
Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale
Rate this book
Clear rating
This one's a really intersting one for me. Going back in time, I read a string of Hap and Leonard books and absolutely loved them. The characters and the levels of connection I felt with them, as well as the tight action, had me riveted to the pages. ...more
" Starter For Ten. I've just read it and it was a perfect holiday read. ...more "
Nigel Bird rated a book it was amazing
Starter for Ten by David Nicholls
Rate this book
Clear rating
It's a snooker final day, so the University Challenge final has been knocked back from its rightful place until next Monday, which is okay by me as it simply delays the fun.

I'm not an addict, but I'm a fairly avid watcher. Not that I can answer many
...more
Nigel Bird rated a book it was amazing
Tricks by Ed McBain
Rate this book
Clear rating
Tricks is has so many threads it's amazing that it never once gets tangled up in itself.

As usual, the title has multiple meanings. There's the murder of a magician who has been cut up and disposed of about the city, the trick-or-treaters who are rob
...more
Nigel Bird and 1 other person liked Heath Lowrance's review of True Grit:
True Grit by Charles Portis
"A simply amazing book. Headstrong14-year-old Mattie Ross contracts drunken U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn to help her track down the man who killed her father. Along with a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf, the quarrelsome group pursues the killer and the c" Read more of this review »
Nigel Bird rated a book really liked it
Poison by Ed McBain
Rate this book
Clear rating
My latest outing with the 87th Precinct was Poison. It's an excellent tale on the whole, with perhaps one big flaw that I could have lived without.

Carella and Hal Willis land a case with a poison victim where suicide seems highly unlikely. They're d
...more
Nigel Bird rated a book really liked it
Watchman by Ian Rankin
Watchman
by Ian Rankin (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
This one I should have read years ago. Still, better late than never.

Watchman tells the tale of Miles Flint, a long-time spy who spends his life watching people for a job and as an excuse to occupy his time so that he needn't go home to his wife.

Ea
...more
Nigel Bird rated a book really liked it
Into the War by Italo Calvino
Rate this book
Clear rating
Before I picked up Italo Calvino's Into The War, I started Graham Greene's Stamboul Train. Much as I enjoyed the evocative sleeper train mood and some excellent scene description, I just couldn't get over the character often refered to as the Jew. I' ...more
More of Nigel's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

51445 UK Amazon Kindle Forum — 6580 members — last activity 5 hours, 1 min ago
Where every hour is happy hour.
19126 The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — 30693 members — last activity 1 hour, 48 min ago
“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more
58291 Pulp Fiction — 1882 members — last activity May 03, 2025 10:59AM
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
26399 Book Giveaways — 5442 members — last activity Apr 04, 2025 03:42PM
The place to go to tell others about your book giveaways and contests. And where book lover's can go to find ways to get free books. We all love those ...more
233 ¡ POETRY ! — 22489 members — last activity May 05, 2025 04:51PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
21875 UK Book Club — 6851 members — last activity 2 hours, 23 min ago
This is a book group for GoodReads users in the UK, but members from other countries are welcome too so long as all posts are made in English. The g ...more
2802 Amazon Kindle — 11073 members — last activity 11 hours, 30 min ago
For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.
55643 Book Promotion Forum by Genre — 710 members — last activity Mar 13, 2025 03:07PM
Authors: An opportunity for authors to post descriptions and internal links to their books. Readers: A resource to find new books.
56203 Untreed Reads — 74 members — last activity Aug 26, 2023 12:59AM
Come discuss your favorite titles and authors, learn about new books, hear about great deals and maybe even meet the people who write what you read.
106626 Get Your Shorts in a Bunch — 390 members — last activity Feb 06, 2019 02:13PM
Short Story Anthologies. Here's the place to read and discuss them. ...more
More of Nigel’s groups�



No comments have been added yet.