Mary Nichols | Finding Inspiration September 27, 2013
I am often asked where I get the inspiration for my books, but perhaps
inspiration is not the most apt word. It is often a Read More...
Mary Nichols | Writing Historical February 3, 2009
I love writing historical romance, researching the backgrounds and working out
how my hero and heroine are going to resolve their dilemmas. Although the
majority Read More...
Mary Nichols is a well–established novelist who writes in two different genres, family sagas for Allison & Busby and historical romance for Mills & Boon. She is the author of the best selling saga, The Summer House which was on the long list for the Romantic Novelists Association Romantic Novel of the Year award 2009 and is still selling strongly. Others are The Fountain, The Kirilov Star (shortlisted for the historical section of the RNA award 2013), The Girl on the Beach and Esca[e by Moonlight.
Of the thirty–eight books she has written for Mills & Boon most are Regency, but others have backgrounds taken from the English Civil War right through to Victorian times. The most recent form a series of linked books about crime in Georgian Society and how it was dealt with by a group of aristocratic gentlemen who fall in love while doing it.
Mary Nichols is also the author of The Mother of Necton, a biography of her grandmother who was a village nurse and midwife from the early years of the 20th century until the formation of the National Health Service in 1948. It is out of print in its original hardback form, but has been updated and re–issued as a paperback by The Larks Press.
You can learn more about these books and more by visiting her website or her blog.