Nick Drake (poet)

Nick Drake (born 1961 London) is a British poet and mystery writer.

Life

He lives and works in London. His most recent projects include a stage adaptation of Philippe Petit’s To Reach the Clouds and a screenplay for the film Romulus, My Father.

Awards

• 1999 Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection, for The Man in the White Suit

• http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Nick+Drake

Works

Poetry

• "From the Song Dynasty". The Guardian. London. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2012. 
• "Live Air". The Independent. London. 16 July 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2010. 
• "Static". The Guardian. London. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2010. 
• Collections:
  • The Man in the White Suit. Bloodaxe Books. 1999. ISBN 978-1-85224-488-0. , was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation
  • From the Word Go. Bloodaxe. 2007. ISBN 978-1-85224-714-0. 

Novels

The Egypt Trilogy

Historical mysteries featuring the detective Rahotep

• Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead. Bantam. 2006. ISBN 978-0 593 05401 7. 
• Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows. Bantam. 2008. ISBN 978-0-593-05402-4. 
• Egypt: The Book of Chaos. Bantam. 2011. ISBN 978-0-06-076594-1. 

Other

• Romulus, My father: screenplay. Currency Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-86819-810-1. 

Plays

• All the Angels, stage play with music from The Messiah for the Sam Wanamaker Theatre, London, 2015

• Wicker, Tom (9 December 2016). "All the Angels: Handel and the First Messiah". The Stage.