Nicola Skinner
I started my writing career aged nine when my mum gave me a WHSmith diary and from then on I was hooked. I decided that the only thing worth doing in my life was writing and that one day, very soon, I'd write books.
I studied English Literature and Film and Television Studies at Glasgow University. I still think back with amazement that I got part of my degree by watching films. Seriously, what a gig. I once wrote an entire essay about the symbolism of staircases in the films of Douglas Sirk. Those were the days.
After graduating, I worked in loads of different jobs, from barwork to copywriting, and as time went on, I'd wonder - when was that book-writing going to happen? It had been three decades. I mean, come on. Oh, and also, when was someone going to ask me about the symbolism of staircases in the films of Douglas Sirk?
Then in the summer of 2015, when my four year old daughter blew a dandelion at my head , I had a sudden idea for a story that I couldn't stop thinking about. And that was Bloom.
Writers that have influenced me include: Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Sue Townsend, Helen Fielding, Louise Fitzhugh and Frank Cottrell Boyce, with a special nod to Jim Davis (creator of 'Garfield'.)
I studied English Literature and Film and Television Studies at Glasgow University. I still think back with amazement that I got part of my degree by watching films. Seriously, what a gig. I once wrote an entire essay about the symbolism of staircases in the films of Douglas Sirk. Those were the days.
After graduating, I worked in loads of different jobs, from barwork to copywriting, and as time went on, I'd wonder - when was that book-writing going to happen? It had been three decades. I mean, come on. Oh, and also, when was someone going to ask me about the symbolism of staircases in the films of Douglas Sirk?
Then in the summer of 2015, when my four year old daughter blew a dandelion at my head , I had a sudden idea for a story that I couldn't stop thinking about. And that was Bloom.
Writers that have influenced me include: Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Sue Townsend, Helen Fielding, Louise Fitzhugh and Frank Cottrell Boyce, with a special nod to Jim Davis (creator of 'Garfield'.)
