Douglas Nicholas (October 3, 1942 - February 24, 2016) was an American poet whose work appeared in publications such as Atlanta Review, Southern Poetry Review, Sonora Review, Circumference, A Different Drummer, Cumberland Review, and the South Coast Poetry Journal.
His books of poetry are Iron Rose, poems inspired by and set in New York City; The Old Language, reflections on the company of animals; The Rescue Artist, poems about his wife and their long marriage; and In the Long-Cold Forges of the Earth, a wide-ranging collection of poems.
His books Something Red, The Wicked, and Throne of Darkness are fantasy novels following the adventures of Hob, a boy just entering into manhood, Maeve, a mystical Irish queen, and an unlikely band of warriors traveling in thirteenth century England.