Nigel Hinton was born in London in 1941, and attended Dulwich College.

Hinton worked in advertising for two years, then taught English for nine years. He then worked as a professional actor and did some part-time teaching before deciding to concentrate on writing. He has written at least seventeen novels from Collision Course (1976) to 2 Die 4 (2009) including the Buddy trilogy for teenagers and the Beaver Towers stories for younger children. His novel The Finders won the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Collision Course won the Dutch Silver Pen Award. Out of the Darkness won the Lancashire Book Award and the Stockport Book Award. His novel Time Bomb, set in 1949 in the area he grew up, won the 2006 Rotherham Book Award. He has adapted some of his novels for the screen, notably Buddy which was made into a BBC TV series, and Buddy's Song which was made into a feature film. Both films starred Roger Daltrey as Buddy's dad. He has also written a number of original scripts for TV and the theatre.

Hinton's work is used widely in schools, and Buddy has been one of the best selling novels for teenagers in the last twenty five years. Teachers particularly appreciate his novels because they appeal to a wide range of pupil ability and are even enjoyed by teenage boys who don't usually like reading.

Hinton's style is deceptively simple, disguising the craft which has gone into creating such complex and interesting characters and plots written in seemingly effortless, accessible and direct prose.

Teenage Fiction

1. Collision Course (1976)
2. Getting Free (1978)
3. Buddy (1982)
4. Buddy's Song (1987)
5. Buddy's Blues (1995)
6. Out of the Darkness (1998)
7. Ship of Ghosts (1999)
8. Partners in Crime (2003)
9. Until proven Guilty (2006)
10. 2 Die 4 (2009)

Children's Fiction

1. Beaver Towers (1980)
2. Beaver Towers the Witch's Revenge (1981)
3. Beaver Towers the Dangerous Journey (1986)
4. The Finders (1993)
5. Beaver Towers the Dark Dream (1997)
6. Time Bomb (2005)

Adult Fiction

The Heart of the Valley (1986)

Fiction for English studies

Blood Ties (2000)

Television

Buddy (1986)Cafe des Reves (BBC Education French Series)Clementine (BBC Education French Series)Isabel (BBC Education Spanish Series)The Reaper (ITV PLayhouse)

Film Script

Buddy's Song (1990)

He enjoys swimming, walking and films, and loves listening to music, especially blues, rock and roll from the 1950s, and the work of Bob Dylan. He has been married to Rolande Lager since 1980.