NICOLA MONAGHAN has worked as a teacher, a financial analyst and a software guru. She gained an MA in Writing from Nottingham Trent University in 2004, graduating with distinction. Her first novel, The Killing Jar, was published in March 2006 to critical acclaim. She was included in The Independent’s New Year list of ‘Rising Talent’ and went on to win a Betty Trask Award, the Authors' Club Best First Novel Prize and The Waverton Good Read. She has since published a second critically acclaimed novel, Starfishing, and a novella The Okinawa Dragon. She is currently developing a script for The Killing Jar with co-writer/director Deborah Haywood. More...