{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = James Hayward | pseudonym = James Hayward | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = James Nice | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|01|06}} | birth_place = Essex, England | occupation = Writer | genre = <!-- fiction, if any --> | subject = World Wars I and II, recent art and music history | website = {{URL|1=http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-Hayward/503094143035681?fref=ts}} }} '''James Hayward''' is the pen name of '''James Nice''' (born 6 January 1966 in Essex), an English writer on military, modern art and post-punk musical history.
==Biography== Hayward was educated at the University of Glasgow prior to working in music publishing at Les Disques du Crepuscule, and then as a solicitor.
Books by James Hayward include ''The Bodies on the Beach'' (2001),<ref name="Rankin2009">{{cite book|last=Rankin|first=Nicholas|title=A genius for deception: how cunning helped the British win two world wars|url=https://archive.org/details/geniusfordecepti0000rank|url-access=registration|accessdate=27 September 2011|date=November 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-538704-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/geniusfordecepti0000rank/page/433 433]–}}</ref> ''Shingle Street'' (2002), ''Myths and Legends of the First World War'' (2002), ''Myths and Legends of the Second World War'' (2003) and ''Double Agent Snow – The True Story of Arthur Owens, Hitler's Chief Spy in England'' (2013).
As James Hayward, he has also written liner notes for several audiobook CDs including ''Artists' Rifles 1914–18'', ''Memorial Tablet'' (Siegfried Sassoon), ''Oh! It's a Lovely War'' (4 volumes), ''British War Broadcasting 1938–1946'', ''RAF Bomber Command at War'' (2 volumes), ''The Battle of Britain'', ''D-Day and the Battle for Normandy'', ''Futurism & Dada Reviewed'', ''Voices of Dada'', ''Surrealism Reviewed'', ''Musica Futurista'', ''Cocteau Satie & Les Six'', ''Bauhaus Reviewed'', ''Wyndham Lewis: The Enemy Speaks'', ''Futurlieder'' and ''A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde''.
As James Nice, he made the 2006 documentary film ''Shadowplayers'', a history of the Factory Records label, and wrote the 2010 book ''Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records''. He runs the record labels LTM Recordings, Factory Benelux and Les Disques du Crépuscule.
==Publications== === As James Hayward === *{{cite book | last = Hayward | first = James | author-mask = 2 | title = The Bodies on the Beach | publisher = CD41 Publishing | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-0954054915 }} *{{cite book | last = Hayward | first = James | author-mask = 2 | title = Shingle Street | publisher = CD41 Publishing | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-0954054915 }} *{{cite book | last = Hayward | first = James | author-mask = 2 | title = Myths and Legends of the First World War | publisher = Sutton Publishing Ltd | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-0750928656 }} *{{cite book | last = Hayward | first = James | author-mask = 2 | title = Myths and Legends of the Second World War | publisher = Sutton Publishing Ltd | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-0750930475 }} *{{cite book | last = Hayward | first = James | author-mask = 2 | title = Double Agent Snow | publisher = Simon & Schuster | year = 2013 | isbn = 978-0857208545 }}
=== As James Nice === *{{cite book | last = Nice | first = James | author-mask = 2 | title = Shadowplayers – The Rise and Fall of Factory Records | publisher = Aurum Press Ltd | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-1845135409 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/dont_miss/codename/bodies_on_the_beach1.shtml The Bodies on the Beach at the BBC] * [http://lccn.loc.gov/no2012136622 James Nice] at Library of Congress Authorities <!-- naming one work by him; with no catalog records; there is no WorldCat page for him -->
{{Authority control}} WARNING: Both WorldCat pages confuse multiple writers named James Hayward.
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