Nina
Stibbe

Nina left Leicestershire for London as a teenager and after two years as a nanny she studied Humanities at Thames Polytechnic.

After graduating in 1987, she worked for a while in a Camden frock shop. In 1990 she began a career in book publishing, working in various departments before becoming a commissioning editor at Routledge. In 2002 she moved to Cornwall with her partner and children where she now writes, swims and makes bread.

The television adaptation of Love Nina airs on BBC1 in May 2016 and Nina is currently working on the screen adaptation of her novel Man at the Helm with Jon Reed.