About me – writer and artist

Writer

I have been a journalist, foster carer and communications manager. In 2019, I gained a Masters in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths College.

I have written two novels, a contemporary one about bisexuality and long-term relationships, which was developed on the Curtis Brown Creative three-month novel writing course. The other is set in the Victorian era and was critiqued by the Angel Fiction Group.

One of my short stories, Life Changes, has been selected to appear in City Lit’s Between the Lines 2026 Anthology. There will be a launch event on the evening of 11th December 2026 at City Lit, 1-10 Keeley Street, London, WC2B 4BA.

I was longlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize: www.wasafiri.org.

I was also short-listed for the short script award at the Women over Fifty Film Festival, 2021. https://wofff.co.uk/

Three of my non-fiction books have been published and I contributed to a book on fostering and education, see my Amazon profile page. Amazon.co.uk: Nicola Hill: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle

I helped to launch the Guardian’s website, www.theguardian.com/society  I worked for two years as the charities reporter, writing stories, commissioning articles and developing the website.

An LSE graduate in social psychology, I spent three years at Cancer Research UK, and two at the RNIB, producing fundraising publications. I was also the news editor of Voluntary Sector magazine for over three years.

Artist

I loved art at school but wasn’t encouraged to continue beyond the third year of secondary school. In the last three years, I have returned to my passion and taken classes with the artists Lisa Ivory, Calvin Richards, Natasha Brown, Tony Hull, Anna Salamon, Noga Shatz and Ro Sylvester.

I enjoy life drawing, abstract, portraits, landscapes and still life. Some of my work has been exhibited in London and Provence.