 | Nicola Monaghan Nicola Monaghan graduated from the University of York in 1992, and went on to teach for several years before taking a job in the City of London. A career in finance took her to London, New York, Paris and Chicago, before she gave it all up in 2001 to return to her home town and pursue an MA in creative writing at Nottingham Trent University. Nicola’s debut novel The Killing Jar is inspired by the lives she witnessed on the council estates where she grew up. She still lives in Nottingham, with partner Chad. |