About

Nicola Martin is an award-winning author of psychological thrillers, short stories and non-fiction, as well as an expert marketing consultant.

Her debut novel, Dead Ringer, a thriller about meeting your doppelganger, won the Fiction Prize at the Lakeland Book of the Year Awards. Her second novel, The Getaway, a murder-mystery set on a private island in the Caribbean, was published by Raven Books (Bloomsbury) in 2024. The follow-up, The Spotlight, about a popstar targeted by a killer, is set to be published in 2026.

She studied literature at the University of East Anglia and the University of California, Berkeley.

She has had more than 40 short stories published in magazines like The People’s Friend, Best, and the Sunday Express. She is also the co-author of a non-fiction book, Defeat Dyslexia!: The Parents’ Guide to Understanding Your Child’s Dyslexia.

In addition to writing, Nicola is an experienced marketing consultant, working with small businesses and freelancers via Killer Marketing, and working with authors via Author Website Marketing.

Nicola was brought up in Bristol and returned there as an adult. She’s happy to bore you to tears telling you about what a great city it is. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her poking around an art gallery, in the audience for a piece of weird theatre, or playing board games with friends.

Literary agent: Sandra Sawicka, Marjacq

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