Nicola Pryce writes novels set in Cornwall in the late eighteenth century. She trained as a nurse in St Bartholomew’s Hospital, has an Open University degree in humanities, and is a qualified library assistant and literacy support volunteer. She lives in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset with her husband and border terrier and together they sail the south coast of Cornwall in search of adventure.

She is published by Atlantic Books and represented by Teresa Chris.

Her debut novel Pengelly’s Daughter was published in July 2016, followed by The Captain’s Girl, The Cornish Dressmaker, and The Cornish Lady. A Cornish Betrothal will be published in November 2020.