[1] His memoir, published by Simon & Schuster in 2009, Trainwreck: My Life as an Idoit (sic), focuses on hardships he faced due to his struggles with various learning disabilities and drug and alcohol abuse.
Nichols ran a college game show called Laugh You Lose, where he worked with comics Steve Byrne, Brody Stevens and John Viener.
Nichols has written two more books published by Createspace.com, Caught which got wide acclaim inside the confines of the fishing world but never reached a broader audience as Cod did.
Anyone who fishes for striped bass will find this book interesting and entertaining," wrote Kevin Blinkoff, the editor of On The Water Magazine, in 2014.
Caught hit number 16 on Amazon (Outdoor life and fishing/Greater Ronkonkoma Lakes area) and OM was reviewed by Trav S.D., author of NO Applause--Just Throw Money.