Episode 92 In Conversation with Nicola Gill

Write, Damn It! with Zoe Richards

Nicola Gill lives in London with her husband and two sons. At the age of five, when all of the other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, she decided she wanted to be an author. Her ballet teacher was very relieved.
Nicola has written three published novels, the latest of which is Swimming For Beginners. This tells the story of Loretta who has her life all under control and how she likes it. It’s turned upside down when a stranger at an airport asks her to keep an eye on her sleeping child... and never comes back. Her new book That’s Just Perfect comes out on the 12th September. In this novel we meet Emily who is determined to show her estranged father her life is perfect despite him. So when he turns up for the weekend just after she’s been dumped by her fiancé, Emily decides to pretend the wedding is still on.

When she’s not at her desk, you can usually find Nicola reading, cooking up vast vats of food for friends and family or watching box sets. Occasionally she even leaves the house...

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