Carl Nixon (born 1967) is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer and playwright. He has written four novels and a number of original plays which have been performed throughout New Zealand, as well as adapting both Lloyd Jones' novel The Book of Fame and Nobel prize winner J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace for the stage. Nixon was born and grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. He attended St Andrew's College. He has said that he had remedial reading lessons as a child and "didn't really get into books until I was ten or so". In 1992, Nixon graduated with a master's degree in Religious Studies from the University of Canterbury. His thesis was entitled For they shall be comforted : an examination of the liturgy, usage and adequacy of the funeral service in A New Zealand prayer book (1989) with reference to the grief of the bereaved. He briefly taught secondary school English before leaving to teach in Japan for two years. More information...
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