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John Niven


Scotland

John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire. He has written for The Times, Independent, Word and FHM among other publications. He is also the author of the novella Music from Big Pink and the novel Kill Your Friends.
 


Genres: Literary Fiction, General Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
July 2025

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The Fathers
 
Series
Kill Your Friends
   1. Kill Your Friends (2008)
   2. Kill 'Em All (2018)
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Novels
   The Amateurs (2009)
   The Second Coming (2011)
   Cold Hands (2012)
   Straight White Male (2013)
   The Sunshine Cruise Company (2014)
   No Good Deed (2017)
   The F*ck-it List (2019)
   The Fathers (2025)
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Collections
   24 Stories of Hope (2018) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Music from Big Pink (2005)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by John Niven
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Dear NHS (2020)
100 Stories to Say Thank You
edited by
Adam Kay

Award nominations
2014 Wodehouse Prize (nominee) : Straight White Male


John Niven recommends
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You Are Here (2024)
David Nicholls
"David is the laureate of the modern love novel, and this is his best yet."
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The Ruins (2020)
Mat Osman
"Fantastic debut novel. Magical, surreal, disturbing. Reminded me in places of early Iain Banks and DBC Pierre."
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Bloody January (2017)
(Harry McCoy, book 1)
Alan Parks
"A brilliant debut. Taut, violent and as close you'll get to 1970s Glasgow without a tardis."

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