Nina Blake didn't learn English until she went to school but that didn't stand in the way of her love of reading. Unlike other authors, when Nina was growing up her house was never full of books, and as a teenager her mother told her she read too much. As if such a thing were possible. After university, Nina worked in public relations managing publications. She still loves publications-both hard and soft copy-and was delighted to have her first novel published through Escape. She lives in Perth, Australia, with her husband and son.