Nicholas Herring

{{short description|Canadian writer}}

{{infobox writer

| name = Nicholas Herring

| occupation = Novelist

| nationality = Canadian

| awards = Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (2022)

| notable_works = Some Hellish (2022)

| education = St. Jerome's University
University of Toronto

}}

Nicholas Herring is a Canadian writer from Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island,{{Cite news |last= |first= |title=P.E.I. writer Nicholas Herring to release debut novel Oct. 13 {{!}} SaltWire |url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/pei-writer-nicholas-herring-to-release-debut-novel-oct-13-100776866/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230131170905/https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/pei-writer-nicholas-herring-to-release-debut-novel-oct-13-100776866/ |archive-date=2023-01-31 |access-date=2025-04-08 |language=en}} whose debut novel Some Hellish was the winner of the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-11-02 |title=Writers’ Trust 2022 book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/writers-trust-2022-book-award-winners-collect-270-000-in-prizes/article_d479ec48-0c25-52ed-a00e-0d897d901f8c.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}

He studied English at St. Jerome's University, and creative writing at the University of Toronto.