NICOLA UPSON

Nicola Upson

Nicola Upson was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. She has worked in theatre and as a freelance journalist, and is the author of two non-fiction works, and the recipient of an Escalator Award from Arts Council England.

Since discovering the work of Golden Age author Josephine Tey/Gordon Daviot, she has developed a passion for the theatre and literature of the period, and an admiration for those who wrote and performed between the wars. Her research has included many conversations with people who remember the time and who knew Josephine Tey, including Sir John Gielgud and Margaret Harris, one of the design team ‘Motley‘.

She lives with her partner and splits her time between Cambridge and Cornwall, where the next novel in the series is set.

Photograph of Nicola courtesy of Julia Hedgecoe

You can hear Nicola broadcasting most weeks on Mandy Morton's BBC Eclectic Light Show, where she's the resident arts correspondent. Tune in on Wednesday evenings between 6 and 8pm to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, 96 and 95.7FM, on-line and on DAB digital radio, and on Listen Again at www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire

Other books by Nicola Upson include Mythologies: Sculpture of Helaine Blumenfeld and In Good Company: A Snapshot of Theatre & the Arts, both are available from Amazon.