Nicholson is a journalist living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. He's published over 50 stories in six countries and is also a screenwriter and currently vice-president of the Horror Writers Association. He's active in the Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers and won the grand prize in the Writers of the Future contest in 1999.

Novels

• The Red Church, 2002
• The Harvest, 2003
• The Manor, 2004
• The Home, 2005
• The Farm, 2006
• They Hunger, 2007
• The Skull Ring (was announced for 2010 release from the now defunct Full Moon Press, currently being shopped for release from another publisher)

Short stories

• Scattered Ashes, 2008-Collection
• Thank You For the Flowers, 2000 - story collection
• "Heal Thyself" - appeared in the anthology Aegri Somnia

Comics

• Dirt, (forthcoming) 2009-Comic series