Clifford, Nicola: - Nicola Clifford lives in rural Wales with a crazy dog and a fountain pen for company. She has been a banker, traveller, model engineer and prison visitor. An enthusiastic storyteller, Nicola specialises in crafting crime thrillers set in the astonishing countryside of Mid-Wales.When she isn't writing, Nicola enjoys photography, gardening and spending quality time with steam engines.Nicola is a past winner of the Wells International Literary Festival Short Story Award, and one of her novels was shortlisted at Hastings Litfest.