Nicholas Royle (born 20 March 1963 in Manchester)[1] is an English novelist, editor, publisher, literary reviewer and creative writing lecturer.
[3] He also claims to have written more than 100 short stories, which have appeared in a variety of anthologies and magazines, including Bad Idea, with his short story Confessions of a Serial Coat Snatcher appearing in the 2008 Bad Idea Anthology.
Royle has won a British Fantasy Award three times: Best Anthology in 1992 and 1993 and Best Short Story in 1993.
Royle owns and manages Nightjar Press, which publishes short stories as signed, limited edition, chapbooks.
[10] Nightjar Press has published authors including M. John Harrison, Christopher Kenworthy, Joel Lane, Alison Moore and Michael Marshall Smith[11] Royle was a Senior Lecturer and then Reader at the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University[12] From 2006 to 2022 and was Chair of Judges for the Manchester Fiction Prize from its launch in 2009 until he left the university in 2022.