Born on 19th January 1925, Essex, England

Died on 22nd August 2012

Nina was an English novelist and children's writer. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987 and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. 

She was born in 1925 and lived in Ilford, Essex. Her mother was a teacher and her father a member of the Royal Marines. She was evacuated during World War II to Aberdare, Wales, at the age of fourteen. She spent school holidays at a farm in Shropshire with her mother and brothers.