Nikom Rayawa (born 1944 in Sukhothai) is an award-winning Thai novelist.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Thammasat University, where he began his writing career. While there, he was the founder of the University's first writer's group. In addition to being a novelist, he has also worked on palm and cocoa plantations as well as being involved in the Thai petroleum industry.[1]
In 1988, he received the S.E.A. Write Award.