M.J. Nicholls is the author of the novels A Postmodern Belch (2012), The House of Writers (2016), The Quiddity of Delusion (2017), The 1002nd Book to Read Before You Die (2018), Scotland Before the Bomb (2019), Trimming England (2021), Condemned to Cymru (2022), and The Fall and Fall of Derek Haffman (2024). He lives in Glasgow.