Nicola Russell is taking a year out of the corporate world of talent management (HR) to spend time writing. She comes to Cove Park to work on a memoir about family secrets, identity, and the discovery of her biological father, who was a prominent gay rights activist in New York in the 1960s and 70s.

Nicola is originally from Seattle, Washington but now lives in Edinburgh with her husband, teenage daughter, and numerous animal muses.