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Nigel Marlin Balchin (3 December 1908 – 17 May 1970) was an English psychologist and author, particularly known for his novels written during and immediately after World War II: Darkness Falls from the Air, The Small Back Room and Mine Own Executioner.
Trained originally as an industrial psychologist, in which capacity he helped Rowntree’s to successfully launch Black Magic chocolates in 1933, Nigel Balchin first received critical acclaim as a novelist during the Second World War when he wrote Darkness Falls From the Air.
Balchin achieved great popularity and fame in the 1940s on the back of two terrifically entertaining novels ( Darkness Falls From the Air and The Small Back Room) about the ‘back-room boys’ of the Second World War and the impressive psychological thriller Mine Own Executioner.
May 18, 1970 · LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) —Nigel Balchin, a former brigadier general in the British army who became a best‐selling novelist, died in a nursing home here today at the age of 61. Mr. Balchin...
Articles about Nigel Balchin written by Derek Collett. Mostly in the Mind. Published in Slightly Foxed in 2016, this article discusses Balchin’s 1945 psychoanalytical novel Mine Own Executioner. A door to minds and emotions (PDF)
Oct 13, 2020 · Nigel Marlin Balchin was an English novelist and screenwriter particularly known for his novels written during and immediately after World War II: Darkness F...
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May 13, 2024 · Nigel Balchin was an English novelist who achieved great popularity with novels of men at work. After studying natural science at the University of Cambridge, Balchin divided his time between research work in science and industry (as an industrial psychologist) and writing.
