Nicci French

For the dancer/singer, see Nicki French.

Nicci French is the pseudonym of London journalists, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. They were married in 1990 and since 1999 they live in the village of Elmsett in Suffolk together with the two children from Nicci's first marriage, the two daughters they had together (Molly & Hadley), and a couple of cats.

Nicci Gerrard

Nicci Gerrard was born on June 10, 1958. She grew up in Worcestershire, together with her two sisters and her brother.

She was educated at The Alice Ottley School in Worcester. She then studied English literature at Oxford University and went on to teach literature in Los Angeles and London. She founded a women's magazine before becoming a freelance journalist. During that time she married and had two children.

This marriage didn't succeed and she was again single when she met Sean French. She met him when she worked as editor for the New Statesman where French wrote a weekly column, but left when she was offered another job at The Observer.

Sean French

Sean French was born on May 28, 1959 in Bristol. He was, like his two younger brothers Patrick and Karl, educated at William Ellis secondary school in north London before studying English literature at Oxford University. Sean and Nicci never met while there. While at Oxford University, French won a young writers contest organised by Vogue, and subsequently became a journalist.

In 1987 he got his first column and until the end of 2000 he wrote columns for the New Statesman.

Works

• The Memory Game (1997)
• The Safe House (1998)
• Killing Me Softly (1999)
• Beneath the Skin (2000)
• The Red Room (2001)
• The People Who Went Away (2001), a short story published as a novella for promotional purposes
• Land of the Living (2002)
• Secret Smile (2003)
• Catch Me When I Fall (2005)
• Losing You (2006)
• Until It's Over (2007)
• What To Do When Someone Dies (2008)

External links

• Official Nicci French site
• Mini-blog by Nicci French themselves