Matt Nichols – Head of Marketing

Birthplace: Redding, CA.

Education: BA, History, University of Utah. MA, History, California State University, Sacramento.

Professsional background: newspaper reporter, media & public relations for California public sector.

Family: Wife Rebecca and children Rowan & Gwendolyn.

Hobbies/Interests: Design of all kinds. Crafts of all kinds. Magazines. Pop culture. Ancient & medieval British and Nordic history.

Favorite record: Merry Christmas Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi.

Favorite movie: Dr. Strangelove – Stanley Kubrick.

Favorite book: Thus Spoke Zarathustra – Friedrich Nietzsche (Walter Kaufmann translation), Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad.

Favorite place: Family house where I grew up. Denmark. The rural villages and countryside of the British Isles.

Favorite time of day: Coming home to my family.

Childhood enthusiasms: Drawing, model airplanes, old-school Legos, guns, fire, fireworks, Wild West history, military history, television, witty adults, attractive babysitters, my parents’ books & records.

Motto: Life is a dark romantic comedy (sometimes very dark, sometimes very romantic, always very funny).