Nicola Blackwell is preoccupied with the light and dark of the human heart, which must be why she’s so great at parties. Obsessed with story, raised by bookworms, surrounded by novels, always rooting for the underdog. Nicola holds an MA in English Literature and has worked across the literary industry as a bookseller, arts journalist, columnist and manuscript editor.

Find her on Substack at Lost in Folklore.