Thom Nickels Author

Thom Nickels is a Philadelphia-based journalist, travel writer and the author of sixteen books, including Death in Philadelphia: The Murder of Kimberly Ernest, Philadelphia Architecture, Literary Philadelphia, and From Mother Divine to the Corner Swami, a study of religious cults. Nickels writes for City Journal New York, Frontpage Magazine and Broad + Liberty Philadelphia. He was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for his book Two Novellas: Walking on Water & After All This and is the recipient of the 2005 AIA Lewis Mumford Award for Architectural Journalism. His play, Rendezvous in Bangkok: Who Killed Thomas Merton, premiered in 2021.