One Day author David Nicholls on writing the British love story that's left the world heartbroken

One Day author David Nicholls on writing the British love story that's left the world heartbroken Emmanuel Lafont In the first in our new Culture Shifters series looking back at artworks that have had a major impact, the novelist reflects on his 2009 romance turned Netflix phenomenon. "One Day also really lends itself to the bingeing format – it's built in such a way, one vignette tumbling into the next, that proves highly addictive. Sophia Spring One Day was David Nicholls' third novel and it made him a publishing star Jonny Weldon is the actor who plays Emma's irritating sometime partner Ian in the Netflix adaptation, a role that has given him real a career boost. Alamy The 2011 film version of One Day starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess flopped at the box office "I also wanted to write a love story about loneliness.