Nicci French

For the dancer/singer, see Nicki French.
Nicci French during a book signing session in the Netherlands, 2013

Nicci French is the pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together.

Personal life

Gerrard and Sean French were married in 1990. Since 1999 they have lived in Suffolk in East Anglia, England. Nicci has two children, from her first marriage, Edgar and Anna, and the couple have two daughters of their own, Hadley and Molly.

Nicci Gerrard

Nicci Gerrard was born on 10 June 1958. She grew up in Worcestershire, together with her two sisters and her brother.

She was educated at The Alice Ottley School in Worcester. She then studied English literature at Oxford University and then an MPhil at Sheffield University in 1986.[1] She.went on to teach literature in Los Angeles and London. She founded a women's magazine before becoming a freelance journalist. During that time she married and had two children.

Following the failure of this first marriage, she met Sean French whilst working as editor for the New Statesman where French wrote a weekly column, but left when she was offered another job at The Observer.

In November 2014 her father John Gerrard died, his dementia having deteriorated significantly during a five-week stay in hospital for an unrelated problem and with very restricted visiting by his family. As a result of this Gerrard launched John's Campaign for extended visiting rights for carers of patients with dementia.[2]

Sean French

Sean French was born on 28 May 1959 in Bristol, the son of Philip French,[3] a radio producer and film critic. He was, like his two younger brothers Patrick and Karl, educated at William Ellis secondary school in north London before studying English literature at Oxford University. The couple never met while there. While at Oxford University, French won a young writers contest organised by Vogue, and subsequently became a journalist.

In 1987 he gained his first column and until the end of 2000 he wrote a column for the New Statesman. His solo novel Start from Here was published in 2004.

Works as by Nicci French

Works by Sean French

Works Nicci Gerrard

References

  1. ↑ www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/news
  2. ↑ "John's Campaign". Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ↑ The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2007, p.190
  4. ↑ "International Fiction Bestsellers". Publishing Trends. September 2003. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  5. ↑ David-Tennant.com
  6. ↑ "Crime Drama | Alibi Channel". Uktv.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

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