Born in Singapore of an English mother and a Dutch-South African father, Mary Nichols came to England when she was three and has spent most of her life in different parts of East Anglia. She has been a radiographer, school secretary, editor for one of the John Lewis Partnership house magazines and an information services manager for an open learning company, as well as a writer. Having had short stories and articles published in a variety of newspapers and magazines, she then turned to writing novels. Mary writes historical romance for Mills & Boon as well as family sagas.
