Author: Nichols, Peter
Alternate names: John Christopher; John (pen name used by Christopher Samuel Youd) Christopher; Hillary Ford, William Godfrey, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, Anthony Rye, William Vine
Born: 16 April 1922
Died: 3 February 2012
Bio: Peter Nichols was a pseudonym of Samuel Youd, who wrote under a number of pseudonyms and was particularly noted for his works written as John Christopher such as the *Tripods Trilogy* or the *Sword of the Spirits Trilogy*.