What is Peter Nicholls (writer)?
{{Infobox writer |name=Peter Nicholls |image=Peter Nicholls.jpg | caption = Peter Nicholls on a panel discussing ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' at Loncon, Worldcon 2014 |birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1939|3|8}} |death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|2018|3|6|1939|3|8}} |birth_place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]] |death_place=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |genre=Non-fiction |language=English |occupation=Literary scholar, critic, writer }} '''Peter Nicholls''' (8 March 1939 – 6 March 2018)<ref>Clément Solym, [https://www.actualitte.com/article/monde-edition/mort-de-peter-nicholls-editeur-de-l-encyclopedie-de-la-science-fiction/87651 Mort de Peter Nicholls, éditeur de l'Encyclopédie de la science-fiction], 2018-03-06. Read 2018-03-06.</ref> was an [[Australia]]n literary scholar and critic. He was the creator and a co-editor of ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'' with [[John Clute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://business.highbeam.com/2382/article-1G1-98921634/alien-star-publisher-and-age-tv-columnist-sophie-cunningham|title=Alien Star|date=1 March 2003|publisher=Highbeam Business|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041707/https://business.highbeam.com/2382/article-1G1-98921634/alien-star-publisher-and-age-tv-columnist-sophie-cunningham|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * Interview with Peter Nicholls by his daughter [[Sophie Cunningham]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060827073842/http://www.sophiecunningham.com/features/alien_star_inte/] * [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/ ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', 3rd ed.] {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholls, Peter}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Victoria (Australia)]] [[Category:Australian critics]] [[Category:Writers from Melbourne]] {{bio-stub}}