Nina Stibbe

Born in 1962, Nina Stibbe grew up in rural Leicestershire, England, in a single-parent family.

[4] At the time Gloucester Crescent was the home of a number of notable artistic and literary figures, including Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, Claire Tomalin, Karel Reisz, Deborah Moggach and Michael Frayn.

During this time, Nina wrote letters to her sister Victoria, back in Leicestershire, detailing her experiences as a nanny amongst the literary elite.

In 1990 she started work as a marketing assistant at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, then as a rep for the Open University Press, and finally for Routledge, becoming a commissioning editor.

[7][8] In 2002 she moved to Cornwall with her partner, Mark Nunney, whom she met while living on Gloucester Crescent, and their children.