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Nicola Monaghan
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Location:
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Genres:
Crime, Literary Fiction, Plays and Scripts
Biography
Nicola Monaghan’s debut novel The Killing Jar was published in 2006 to critical acclaim and went on to win a Betty Trask, the Authors’ Club First Novel Award and the Waverton Good Read. She has since published a second book Starfishing and The Okinawa Dragon, a novella, as well as a number of stories and articles in anthologies and magazines. She worked for many years in the City of London, but has also taught Maths and Creative Writing.
Nicola also writes psychological horror/supernatural suspense as Niki Valentine. For the writer profile of Niki Valentine, please see the list of websites below.
Bibliography
Selected Publications
The Killing Jar (Chatto 2006, Vintage 2007, Scribner US 2007)
Starfishing (Chatto 2008, Vintage 2009, Scribner US 2010)
The Okinawa Dragon (Five Leaves 2008)
Contributed to
Guardian, Telegraph, Marie Claire, Independent, Left Lion, Radio 3 The Verb, Radio 4 afternoon readings.
Performances & Workshops
Radio 3, The Verb, Radio 4 afternoon readings, Readings at Broadway Cinema Nottingham, Spit Lit, Lowdham book festival, Debut Authors’ Festival, Bolton University, Word of Mouth Nottingham Writer’s Studio (also curated). Workshops at various venues, most recently Derby Quad Exquisite Corpse event.
Prizes & Awards
Betty Trask Award, Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, Waverton Good Read.
Available for the following:
Community Group Work, Lectures / Talks / Panels, Live Performances, Teaching, Volunteering, WorkshopsWork Experience/Qualifications
Have performed live all over the place, at all kinds of different events and love it. Have taught age ranges 5 – 60, in schools as a proper classroom teacher and at University level. Have a full current CRB disclosure.
Want to know more?
You can request more information about this writer by sending an email to antonia@writingeastmidlands.co.uk.
Websites, blogs and links to work
Website
http://www.nicolamonaghan.co.uk/Blog
http://nicolamonaghan.blogspot.com/Niki Valentine Writer Profile
http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/
