Teacher and editor of creative and life writing

Nicola Hill has published three books, A Very Pink Wedding, The Pink Guide to Adoption, Proud Parents and contributed a chapter to The Foster Carer’s Handbook on Education. For more information and reviews, visit her Amazon profile page.

Nicola is represented by Isabel Atherton, director of Creative Authors Ltd: www.creativeauthors.co.uk

She has a Masters in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College where she attended numerous workshops, tutorials and lectures run by Francis Spufford, Blake Morrison and Maura Dooley. Longlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize: www.wasafiri.org

During her time at Goldsmiths, she drafted two novels and gave other students feedback on their work. She belongs to a creative writing group of published writers, who meet every other week to critique each other's work.

Nicola has published numerous articles in The Guardian and the charity press. She has been a freelance writer and editor for over 20 years.

Services offered include editing and proofreading creative writing and non-fiction, making it ready to submit to agents and publishers. Nicola can also advise on a covering letter and pitch. Price on application, depending on the standard of a sample chapter.  

Nicola teaches creative and life writing in online and face-to-face workshops, both in groups and individually. Price on application.

"Thanks for a great workshop, it was very interesting."

"Thank you for the workshop, Nicola. I'm really inspired. I'm going to keep a notebook aside for jottings of moments in my life. One of my favourite bits was the thought-provoking prompts."

"I truly enjoyed your workshop delivery and the reactions from the participants were great!"

"It was a very informative presentation."

"It was a real pleasure to work with you, you were very professional and provided good materials."

"Your instructions were clear and challenging, which myself and the participants enjoyed."